[SykkBoy]

I think clemency is worth it in this case.

While he is in prison for murder, it';s not like he went into a family's home and butchered them. He killed people who sooner or later would have/tried to have killed him. I'm not justifying it, but I think they are seperate issues.

He also has shown signs of reform. We always hear the stories of career criminals who got worse in prison, but what about people who actually show signs of reform? If this man can truly be more helpful alive then dead, what's wrong with keeping him alive several years longer to be helpful.

Who is a kid involved in a gang going to listen to if they want to get out? A politician, a cop or someone who's been where they are?

This doesn't mean we should let every gangabanger out who claims they are reformed. However, on a case by case basis, where someone has shown, as in this case, that they have shown signs of rehabilitation, why should we not give them the benefit of the doubt?

That doesn't mean he should be set free to open a daycare center or open a gun shop, but I feel he could be more valuable alive than dead.