"nothing like getting caught to helping one grow a conscience."
the initial reaction is to assume hypocrisy of sorts. The person caught is only portraying remorse because they have no other choice. This becomes an accepted necessary truth in most cases, and most people have a hard time believing the sincerity of a culprit's "sorrow for sin" in these circumstances.
But, perhaps a person is so driven by their crime, whether it be a matter of violence, substance abuse, or anything else gratifying and habit-forming, that they do in fact betray a conscience that they actually possess in order to indulge. They put their moral compass in a drawer, out if sight. Out of mind.
Being unexpectedly caught in the act of something you already disapprove would no doubt be a sobering experience. It would bring someone to a lucidity that they previously evaded or ignored through their "drug of choice" behavior.
My point is: being caught does not of necessity mean insincerity in remorse for what one has been caught doing.
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