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Yup, this exactly.

I would not label a desire that a criminal face jailtime as angry retribution; it's a matter of justice. For example, when I said going to jail would harm him, it wasn't my being petty or trying to inflict pain. When you break the law and are caught, the court usually doesn't say, "Okay, give it...

I personally have a selective capacity for compassion. "My good opinion once lost is lost forever," etc. Just call me Darcy Sedai.

No one was saying you did. Deoan was speaking in a broader sense, sharing his opinion on the matter re: whether or not it was on us if/when Riley receives his consequences. I agree with him 100%. Riley did all this to himself. If his life sucks from now on, that's his fault, too.

Because laws have been put into place which declare his actions illegal and lay out the consequences, as they did for your situation. You served the sentence required by the law and determined by the courts. If all theft were all the same, laws would have the same definitions and the same...

Fair enough. I'm doing the same. :cheese

Yes, it would hurt him. That is half the point of jail: people shouldn't want to go there. And as said, it is not up to us to judge his legal consequences. It is up to an impartial prosecutor and possibly a court presented with facts. We are none of us impartial. Thank you, Hammar, for being...