Friday, April 08, 2011

In common?

What have the following all got in common?

Low self esteem

Sexual abuse as a child

Physical abuse as a child

Mental health issues

Personality defects

Poverty

Wretched upbringing

Unhappy childhood

Was going to be lefthanded but parents forced a change

Bullied at school

Mother was a prostitute

Parent was imprisoned

Parent was addict

Parent was alcoholic

Spoilt

Dyslexic.

OKAY .... the answer is that the majority of people who have had terrible disadvantages do NOT commit crime.
So. How come these issues are supposed to prevent those who have decided to commit crimes from being properly punished?

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