There was an interview with him on NPR this morning. He said he had headaches from the beating. He said they repaired his shattered eye socket by partially removing his eye and installing a metal plate so the eye wouldn't sink into his skull. He forgave the men who did it. [My opinion is forgiveness helps the victim more than the forgiven, but some feel like they're giving something away.]

He did bad things to other people once, but turned his life around. He did bad things to himself, but turned his life around. [My opinion is we all have many faults, whether it's criminal activity, or simply passing judgement on people we don't know, but it's not as universal to try to improve ourselves and manage to do it.]