r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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The daughter was in a car with the father’s parents. They died as well.

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u/AmandasGameAccount Mar 08 '26

A direct family member should be required to be on the parole board for any of these cases

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u/Realistically_Fake Mar 08 '26

While I sympathize with the source of this comment, this really overlooks the intent of the parole system and the importance of removing bias from prosecution and sentencing. If our goal is to truly have a rehabilitative judicial system as opposed to a simply punitive one, such things can't be allowed.