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Trying to discredit free will is giving a pass to people who choose to exploit or abuse others. They absolutely could have done otherwise, they just chose not to.
You're arguing against a stance that no one is making. Nobody is suggesting that no free will implies freedom from consequences. There is no stronger indicator of future behaviour than past behaviour. A violent person doesn't get a free pass just because he's not ultimately responsible for his behaviour in the same way as we don't let a grizzly bear freely wander around a neighbourhood. The bear gets shot because it's dangerous, not because it's morally flawed.
Except for the people in this very thread arguing that exactly, or arguing that evil people can be talked into being good people. Maybe have a chat with them instead.
I don't see anyone here making such claim. Thus my response to you in the first place.
Also, I take that you do believe in free will? Then why do you suggest evil people lack the capacity to change? Those two seem to be in conflict.