I don't know about anyone else, but it's SICK to have thuggy sociopaths going out to give talks to the young about "going straight". No one should ever glorify these creeps... No one. Ever. Let they guy who followed the rules and made something of himself go talk to the young.
You wonder where these psycho-enabling moms come from. How many times have we heard the same thing from mothers of vicious criminals: “Oh no, my boy is innocent. My boy is a victim. Police brutality!” Their boys can do no wrong. What is wrong with these women?