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Reply to "Please Mr. President… Who’re the people you pardoned – and what crimes did they commit"

Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

Guys, here are a few things to think about.

The 49 youths who were released were serving time for petty non-violent offences, mainly robbery without violence, smoking a marijuana joint, etc.

These kids have a whole life ahead of them? Shouldn't they be rehabilitated and become productive law-abiding citizens? Or should we brand them as born criminals and neglect them?

I am for rehabilitation. I want those youths to be trained and offered jobs.

In Guyana, dirty labels stick for decades. If those youngsters' names are released to the public, which employer will want to hire them? Even if they're hired, would their co-workers treat them with due respect?

Give the kids a chance, guys. People make mistakes in life, but people can learn from their mistakes and move on.

I have a suspicion that some of those who're clamouring for the release of the 49 names are really salivating to see how many are Afros and how many are Indos. Truly a sad commentary on our Guyanese society.

Gilly, I think that kids doing adult crimes should do adult time, unless the crime that they do is to steal bread because they are hungry. Doing crime to sustain a life is a pardonable offense in my books.

FM
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