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[Mithrandir]

That makes no sense. It happens every day with all kinds of criminals. When some ones time is served they are released no matter what, regardless of if reasonable people think they are not rehabilitated.

A criminal whose sentence is overcan publically say "I dont regret my crime." he will still be released - its the law. You should have learned this in 9th grade civics.

Im guessing you did and are pretending otherwise.
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I had to come back and respond to this, I really will be done after this I promise.

Maximum sentence lengths are intended to prevent abuse by the judicial system such as by giving inordinate sentences to people who perform minor crimes, just as minimum sentence lenghts are in place so that very short sentences cannot be handed to those who perform heinous crimes. There are also laws in place that allow a state to hold an individual indefinitely if the state feels that they are not properly rehabilitated (see: kandrathe's story about Minnesota being able to hold someone indefinitely if they exhibit "'an utter lack of power' to control his sexual impulses").

Whether it is applied in practice 100% of the time or not, the fact is that in the eyes of the law you are rehabilitated once you are released from prison.

Edit: Missed a sentence.