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A judge freed a child rapist because the Christian faith of the victim's family made them forgive the teenager and they asked the judge to show clemency.
He was then untidily despatched to face the final judgement of his maker after Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California refused to show clemency to the Crips gang co-founder and convicted killer.
Nevertheless we would wish that the court would show clemency -- if clemency it can be said to be -- and incarcerate the evil-doers for the remainder of their lives instead -- if only to confound their expectations.
 
 
 
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