Completely agree with you. I think a lot of this stems from the media and reporting of crimes in general. News organizations create this want in society to find a suspect, any suspect, guilty or not. To top it off, at least in the US, we live in a society now where we overreact to implementing laws. Zero-tolerance and three-strike laws have created this army of unsympathetic, unforgiving, people who could care less about guilt or innocence.<p>I am a strong believer in second chances, and giving people the benefit of the doubt (or innocent until proven guilty). Sadly though, many offenders never get a second chance simply because society places a scarlet letter on their chest for life.