I also want to add for clarification - there are two different issues here:
1) Neal has committed several crimes and was convicted for them and should in fact be punished. He's out on parole which means he's still guilty for what he did. He also continues to do things that are illegal even if they are in the name of solving the other cases. He's a con artist and a fraud who doesn't seem to get that he's doing something wrong. THIS I have no sympathy for when it gets brought up.
2) Bad things would have happened to Neal in a maximum security prison and the the writers probably should have done a better job of dealing with it instead of ignoring it. And it Peter constantly telling him he'd be sent back to that isn't really fair because we all know what would happen to someone like Neal in prison. This I am sympathetic too and get why people are upset.
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Date: 2010-03-20 01:40 pm (UTC)1) Neal has committed several crimes and was convicted for them and should in fact be punished. He's out on parole which means he's still guilty for what he did. He also continues to do things that are illegal even if they are in the name of solving the other cases. He's a con artist and a fraud who doesn't seem to get that he's doing something wrong. THIS I have no sympathy for when it gets brought up.
2) Bad things would have happened to Neal in a maximum security prison and the the writers probably should have done a better job of dealing with it instead of ignoring it. And it Peter constantly telling him he'd be sent back to that isn't really fair because we all know what would happen to someone like Neal in prison. This I am sympathetic too and get why people are upset.