Did they or did they not choose to be outlaws? Simple question.
considering another thread here on FR posted about the 20% of rape convictions which where disproven after modern DNA tests, it is very difficult to be indifferent. (per innocence project which seeks to have old cases with DNA evidence reexamined.)
it does not take much to have some liberal judge declare this issue to be cruel and unusual punishment and then realease all of them into your neighborhood.