It is also unfair if their crime was more a matter of the circumstances they found themselves in than their baked-in character. For example, if they got convic

It is also unfair if their crime was more a matter of the circumstances they found themselves in than their baked-in character. For example, if they got convicted for second-degree murder because they had a hot-tempered friend in college who started a fight, they tried to held, and then the friend pulled a gun and shot someone. That's the kind of mistake some (many?) people are not likely to make again. But the record is permanent. And due to Fundamental Attribution Error, the world is inclined to believe that they were involved and did what they did with intent because they had and continue to have a flawed character.