Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140414:19:59:00
Like valjean, the impoverished immigrant is reduced by economic forces beyond his control to find extreme measures to feed his family. not suggesting poor people should be forgiven for committing crime because they're poor, even though rich people on wall street are routinely forgiven for crimes that hurt millions, but i digress. a core question here is in what circumstances are some crimes understandable? who among us would not do whatever it took to feed our family in a time of extreme economic distress? who cannot understand the urge to cross the border in order to work and thus save your f...