"GET OUT OF JAIL FREE"

Still available in many forms, the board game "Monopoly" has entertained children and adults alike for too many years to count.  I played the game as a kid (didn't like it much).  For one thing it took too long to win or loose.  If you landed in jail you could buy your way out, or use the "get out of jail free" card if you happened to have one.
The U.S. Congress (yes the same ones we voted in a couple months ago) have decided to release a lot of inmates to relieve the pressure on the Federal system. The idea is to allow the judge more room for judgement on his part as to whether the charged subject will behave himself and get a job, etc.  The goal is to make good citizens of those chosen for release.  It did not work so good before when we tried it some 30 years ago.  The crime rate went up!
I live in the open west where people are close but not near.  In the growing up years of our country wrong doers were punished for their deed, usually pretty quickly.  Convicted of murder?  Hanging!  Convicted of horse stealing?  Hanging!  Have we become more compassionate or tender hearted?  Are we reading God's word, "Love one another" while forgetting God's punishment?
The murderer, rapist, child abuser, for instance needs God's forgiveness, not ours.
I hope and pray that the enactment of this legislation will do as intended.  We will see!..Medicineman