As someone who actually works within the confines of our fucked-up criminal justice system, there's actually far less of an emphasis placed on being sorry, repentance and rehabilitation than there NEEDS to be. Frankly, if we could have a lot more psychs to help inmates work through their issues--and believe me, guilt causes a lot of fucking issues--it'd be infinitely better.

You're not wrong. He should never have done it and the consequence is knowing that people will hate him on top of whatever guilt and shame he feels. But I'm sorry, from my place in the system, repentance and rehabilitation is way undervalued.

(Also, it's called parole.)