Such a heartless view at the top of an HN thread is one of the disappointing things I've seen in a long time. If you cannot feel any sympathy for a man who hurt no one and yet lost his job, prospects for future jobs and even prospects for renting a place to live... that speaks more about you than it does about the writing at Reason.

This story is about not only a wasteful, inefficient system and a six year injustice committed against a productive and from all accounts harmless man. It's about an the creation and perpetuation of an entire underclass.