The answer might depend on the nature of the crime, the length of the sentence, and the proportion of it that remains to be served. For a pickpocket who has served half of a two-year sentence, it would be excessively harsh to insist on the sentence being served in full if that meant that he would die in prison, rather than with his family.
答案可能要依据犯罪的性质，刑期的长短，以及还有多少刑期没有服完来决定。对于一个判了两年也服了一年刑的扒手来说，如果在得知此人命不久矣的情况下还坚持让他蹲够两年而不是和家人共度残生，那显然是不近人情的。但如果一个人因屠杀罪而被判终身监禁，却在7年牢狱之后就获准出狱，情况就复杂得多。正如洛克比空难遇难者的家属指出，梅格拉希在策划整场屠杀时都毫无怜悯之心，那我们又凭什么去宽恕他？