Are we forgetting what i feel was Gandhi's most important lesson of *non-violence*?. Probably the most bloodless independence in human history? Where do guns and running over people come into this Gandhi picture? It is truly a shame if we have to find such an icon to signify Gandhi's teachings. Being a celebrity should come with its responsiblities. Besides jails are ment for reform else all convicts would be executed. Is the author suggesting we should let him free because many *other* criminals go free?. Without law and order we have *anarchy* not freedom.