So, I guess we conservatives have to imitate the liberal-progressives and stand on anger and hatred. There’s no room in us for grace and hope, hunh? (And please. Don’t write me with something that starts, “We can forgive, but . . . .” That’s so lame. Jesus didn’t go to the cross saying, “Hey, I’ll forgive those who accept me, but I won’t forget.”
I do have some mixed feelings about it. It does sound like he’s trying to be a better person, but at the same time he seems to be making excuses for his formerly bad behavior. He was only 17 at the time, but minors are often charged as adults. They were going to charge him with attempted murder but he got that reduced to assault, so he’s already gotten a break to some extent.