Real Life

There are things in the world that are the way they are whether we like it or not and then there is the way it is supposed to work but most of the time they don't. Our criminal justice system is one of these things. It seems to me it has went from warehousing criminals to keep them out of honest peoples lives, to the idea of reforming criminals, back to the idea of warehousing them now. One thing has almost always remained consistent though about the justice system. Once a person served their time the moral thing to do was to give them a second chance.<br />n<!–more–><br />nSo that brings us to the case of James Joseph Minder. I could say he made some mistakes but that would be minimizing what he did. The thing being after his second stint in prison he turns his life around and becomes an upstanding, hardworking citizen which is what the whole idea of our justice system is about. A second chance to make something of your life. <br />n<br />nWith all this said I really wish I could understand why <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/27/build/business/45-smithwesson.inc">James Joseph Minder is resigning his position at Smith &amp; Wesson company</a>? He says he is doing it for the "good of the company." Usually when somebody does something "for the good of the company" this indicates that there is some public controversy over the situation. I don't see the controversy. He served his time and became a productive member of society. He should be hailed as an example of our justice system working properly, not be punished again.<br />n<br />n<b>Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. Eleanor Roosevelt</b>