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Dear journalist...

it’s called forgiveness. Look it up.

The problem with permanent records is, that it forces you to never change. Meaning you deliberately keep a murderer a murderer. Even in cases where their life completely changed since then and they are a valuable contributor to society again.

E.g. no matter how much you try … meet with your old buddies from the school/city you left decades ago … and suddenly you’re the same loser again, getting bullied just like back then.

And if my loved ones were murdered, the LAST thing I would want, is for the murderer to not even be allowed to do good in the world to balance the evil. Or to act like they did too, and do to them as they did to me.

Because as a child of people who had to murder in war, to not be tortured and raped and murdered (three of my family membera were still murdered and two tortured), I know very well, that there is no such thing as mentally undamaged/unharmed person that intentionally murders somebody when it looks like she has a choice. Or who does no regret it when they come to their senses.

Let people heal! Violence, even simple holding a grudge and shaming, which is what you did, dear journalist, is not making anything better. Only worse.

We aren’t truly out of the dark ages, until we forego revenge (aka ”punishment“ aka violent harm) and manage to fix even murderers and rapists to make them functioning parts of society again.