Nonviolent offenders: If released early, we pay a price

Re: “State to release up to 950 nonviolent offenders early in response to COVID-19,” (TNT, 4/14).

I just spent the last week with the fraud division of my bank trying to prevent a hacker from robbing my different accounts.

I ended up having to close all my accounts with that bank, opening all new accounts, notifying all institutions that make direct deposits to the change from my old accounts to the new accounts and notifying all those who receive automatic payments from my old accounts of the changes.

This is the kind of “nonviolent” offender who will wreak havoc in the community upon their release. The likelihood of re-offending is great as the opportunity for ill-gotten gain is great and the chance of getting caught is slim to none.

These non-violent offenders don’t realize that their poor choices have consequences. They are not the victims of those choices. We are.

Our leaders need to re-think what releasing “nonviolent” offenders can do to the public at large.

This story was originally published April 22, 2020 at 1:45 PM with the headline "Nonviolent offenders: If released early, we pay a price."