I think an apology is empty if it was for something that the apologizer had no influence over. How can you expect somebody to deduce when they are dealing with

I think an apology is empty if it was for something that the apologizer had no influence over. How can you expect somebody to deduce when they are dealing with a secret pedophile? As somebody else pointed out, Jeffery already had a record at that point though. But now the question is: should a person continue to get punished for wrong doing after they had served their time? Sure the answer seems obvious with Jeffery in hindsight, but I don’t think it’s obvious that the