For a pickpocket who has served half of a two-year sentence, it would be excessively harsh to insist on the sentence being served in full if that meant that he would die in prison, rather than with his family.
V případě kapesního zloděje, jenž si odseděl polovinu z dvouletého trestu, by bylo přehnaně kruté trvat na tom, aby si odpykal i zbytek, pokud by to znamenalo, že zemře ve vězení, a nikoliv se svou rodinou.