Boo Hoo Hoo
Human Rights Watch reports that the separation of families caused by the imprisonment of felons in federal institutions for lengthy sentences, including life without parole, creates an undue, unfair and harsh financial and emotional strain on families. The human rights group is calling for a review of sentencing guidelines and urges that judges should consider the impact of long prison sentences on the extended families of those convicted.
Sounds pretty silly, the notion that a convicted criminal ought not be punished because of the effect it might have on his mom, or wife or kids for that matter. Should of thought about that before your robbed the liquor store or sold those drugs.
Well, I made up the foregoing, but Human Rights Watch is advocating for criminal illegal aliens arguing that deportation ought be reconsidered because of it’s “impact” on the family of the criminal.
Sorry, but I can’t rustle up much sympathy for someone who broke the law to enter this country and then commits and is convicted of an aggravated felony while here. I guess I’m just heartless when I suggest that this conundrum can be solved by simply encouraging the entire freakin’ family go back with him.