The Pointlessly Contrite Robber

Sunday, January 10, 2010 18:37
Posted in category News

The genuinely contrite criminal is a figure to be applauded. Grudgingly, quietly applauded, perhaps, it is obviously preferable that people choose not to commit crimes in the first place, but those of us who like to see our justice system as an instrument of correction and redemption rather than of brute punishment should always encourage the miscreant who comes to see the error of his ways.
All that said, one has to despair slightly of the man who recently robbed a bank in West Newton, Pennsylvania, and then, five days later, in what is believed by the FBI to be the first case of its kind, posted most of the money back.
Although he is clearly possessed of a rudimentary conscience, his powers of reasoning are in severe disrepair. After all, by robbing the bank, he’d done the tricky bit. Returning the cash does not erase the crime, and now he’s broke as well.

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