Life :

My father was murdered when I was 8 years old. The murderer was sentenced to life in prison with parole. I am now 22 years old....about to be 23 in September, and the murderer has been released. I'm guessing it's because he was "good" in prison. I have a problem with this. If I were to kill someone intentionally, I would find it incorrect to not be punished due to my actions for the remainder of my own life. My father will never return. I grew up with the struggle of not knowing what its like to have a father figure, learning how to be a "man" without any male advice. Girls, sex, fights, my whole personality is built off of what my mother taught me. I wonder what the guy who killed my father is thinking now that he is free, does he feel that he did his time and now he deserves to be free with a second chance? Or does he have guilt in his heart ( if he ever had guilt in the first place ). I doubt it. It's complicated. I don't wish for the guy to suffer while he is alive. I would have preferred him to be put on death row and executed. But that didn't happen. So now here I am, wondering why this system is so lenient with criminals. Why is there a "3 strike" law? If I commit a crime and get caught I could think in my mind "Oh well, I have two more chances to fuck up!" It doesn't make sense. That's why the crime rate is so high because there is bail, parole and so many other loop holes that make commiting a crime look like telling your 3 year old to go sit in the corner for an hour and if you don't make a "peep" you can go play. Oh well. I'm babbling. Anyway, God Bless the dude. God has forgivin him, and I guess I can as well....I don't really have a choice....unless I go find him and kill him....and that wouldn't help or prove anything.

Davis