I feel compassion for the criminal because it could be me. Circumstances can lead anyone down that path.
Compassion for the kind cornered into a no choice position, not for the willful type who thinks it's just another legitimate lifestyle choice or one who cares little about doing anything but satisfying themselves.
As for murder and the consequences it depends on what episode is called murder. I don't what to use examples that would be too narrow. There are many circumstances, reasons, and even emotions to consider.
Are you for real? I'm starting to believe that you are a fraud.
WHY??????????????????????????????? Did I miss the part where Booker said the inmate was a totally ethically and morally corrupt unrepentant sociopath or simply a habitual criminal? Why presume the "inmate" is the completely nonredeemable kind who did something heinous. Or maybe you are saying there can't be a former inmate of any kind who deserves some help coming back into the world? You did make make a qualifier even between murderers and heinous murderers. Why can't an inmate of some kind deserve the kind of help Booker said he gave, especially since you showed recognition of the risk of recidivism?
With the numbers of people who go to prison one time or another we have probably been very close to some without knowing it and yet we, the vast majority were probably unaffected by their presence. These people do get help. Who do you think is doing that? Can't someone on this board be one of the helpful? Many of us are very decent people in our lives, aren't we???
Maybe you just don't think Booker can be helpful. Cynicism I can understand. Dismissal without legit information, no.
Cheers,