Irish's reasons ("many many many") for hating Texas on another thread reminded me of this - sorry if you do not understand why.

I study criminology in law school and there I learned that jail's biggest goal is to 're-socialize' criminals. if one of them becomes one of the greatest peacemakers of the world and is still sentenced to death, something may be wrong. he was probably one of the most violent criminals ever, but he was. now he is a Nobel Prize in peace nominee. the Governator denied clemency "because he did not own up to his crimes and refused to inform on fellow gang members" - he was not a rat, and he did not give up trying to live.

"If Stanley Williams does not merit clemency," defense attorney Peter Fleming Jr. asked, "what meaning does clemency retain in this state?" - that's what I'm trying to say.