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To Forgive Or To Forget The Past

A young woman was brutally raped and unfortunately, she mistakenly identifies you, as the perpetrator. After serving 21 years in jail for a crime you did not commit and the woman approaches you, (after you are released) and admits she was wrong. Would you forgive her? If she never admits that she made a terrible mistake, would you confront her after being released from prison? What are your views on this?

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Geenie!

This is a tough question to ask of anyone, and there are so many variables... it doesn't bear thinking of.

But I'll play your hypothetical game and answer this way...

After 21 years in jail for a crime I didn't commit.... erm... no... I have no answer.

Would I be bitter? Who knows?

There was a case in New Zealand where a guy was imprisoned for murdering his wife. Later technology found him innocent. The fact remains that his name is forever continuated as being "the guy who was sentenced for murder".

"Murder"

It's a terrible word.

Coincidentally, another prisoner was recently released from prison after 18 years for a crime he didn't commit. What becomes of the accused?

Shades of The Shawshank Redemption.

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This is a rather hard question to answer. Would I be resentful You bet I would be. Would I forgive them? I am not sure. I guess I would have to experience it first. I just hope that in this day of age DNA will help keep those who truly are innocent out of jail.

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This is a difficult question to answer unless you have actually been in the situation. Until then any response is pure hypothetical surmising. If imprisoned for 20 years unjustly I can only imagine I would go through the gamut of emotions. Hopefully, best case scenario I would emerge having long forgiven my false accuser. Hatred and revenge are poisons to the soul. If I were to harbor them for 20 long years I would be nothing more than a bitter shell of a human being. After losing 20 years of my life the only way I could salvage any of it would be to focus on becoming the best person I can within the limitations of my confinement.