Easy for them to say
Posted by: Roy in Announcement, In the news, blog, celebrities, politics, thought & opinions, tags: justice for the rich, presidential favor, teehankee, unbalance justice“I appeal to the public to please give him a chance….” This was the appeal of relatives of Claudio Teehankee Jr., the convicted murderer who was given presidential favor… err clemency. Because after all, as they have said before, he has already served 20 years inside the jail.
Fact is, he did serve time, and rightly so because he did a crime. He played god and took the life of another human being. And even if he stayed inside the rest of his life, it won’t bring back the life that he took… an act that he did, because he can.
Maybe in the spirit of forgiving and reconciliation, he might just deserve a second chance… but to paint a scenario that he is also a victim here is an absolute insanity. He did time because he must pay for what he did.
I am not even in the shoes of the victim’s relatives and I am already this outraged, just imagine how they feel. That is why I can’t help but wear a sour grin everytime I hear them say “Please give him a second chance…”
Easy for them to say.
Yes, I believe that everybody does deserve a second chance… but is EVERYBODY really getting a second chance?
DEFINE EVERYBODY.
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