I don't really care what happened to a criminal in his or her childhood. I will allow God to take mercy on his or her soul and leave it to the courts to determine the difference between life and death to satisfy the bleeding hearts when worried about an abused person becoming the abuser..
As adults, in spite of a tramatic up bringing, we are responsible for our actions. At some point we have to take control and do whatever we have to do ,for our own sake as well as for the sake of society, to heal the wounds and learn to live a happier, productive live. You can never convince me that a pediphile is not aware of the damage he or she is doing to a child or for that matter any victum that they happen to chose to rape, rob, kill or harm in anyway. WE are not animal without conscience.