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MA: "Death of clerk should not mean the end of paroles, pardons"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

February 5, 2010 Jamaica Plain Gazette The senseless murder of Surendra Dangol, a 39-year-old Nepalese store clerk, in Monument Square in Jamaica Plain (JP Gazette, Jan. 8 and 22) was a tragedy of immeasurable proportions for his family and for the community. If the suspect in the case, parolee Edward Corliss, is indeed the perpetrator, that, too, is a tragedy. A person who has a second chance and cruelly squanders it shakes to the core our belief in mercy and compassion. Unfortunately, paroles and pardons do not come with ?100-percent-no-repeat-offense? guarantees. Yet, to deny second chances would be a tragedy of immeasurable proportions, too. Many people who have violated the social fabric have learned from their mistakes and have become law-abiding, productive citizens...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).