[George M. Middius[_4_]]

vinyl anachronist said:

The way I see it is that the guy made a horrible mistake and spent the
rest of his life trying to do good to make up for it. What if everyone
who made a horrible mistake in their life did the same? Would the
world be a better place, or worse?

The mistake being trying to escape justice, right? That was minor compared to
getting behind the wheel while in no shape to drive. Nobody who causes a death
by negligence should be able to get off with just pleading to leaving the
scene. Not that Kennedy was the first panjandrum to get away with murder, nor
the last. But I agree that penitence is the only constructive redemption. By
contrast, Dick Cheney will go to his grave being proud of torturing people.