Minister had hope for ex-con in Maine

Portland Press Herald ^ | May 23, 2005 | Associated Press

[Cicero]

Well, I was conscious I might sound like I was excusing him. But the fact is, it takes some very tough and capable people to ride herd on an ex-con who has just gotten out of a long term in jail. What I was trying to say is that it wasn't doing him any favors to put him under the charge of people who couldn't handle him or to put temptation in his way. I hate the phrase "tough love," but something like that is what was needed until he was decompressed and ready to try to make it on his own.

[Cicero]

See 41.

[Age of Reason]

Fiske was taking the man to a transitional home in north central Maine because Hanson had few options for living in Vermont.

Errr . . . few options for living in Vermont? What does that mean?

Exactly why Maine and not Vermont?

[jocon307]

I sincerely hope that none of your guys or your friend's guys have killed multiple times.

[Age of Reason]

he was charged and convicted of killing his first wife, Jennie . . . . Hicks served nearly six years in prison for the slaying

Only six years?

Even a divorce might have been worse than that.

[Age of Reason]

There is only one way to prevent murderers from killing again, and that is to execute them.

Prevention is a secondary reason.

Execution is simply what the worst murderers deserve.