http://mario-live.com/blog/2009/11/mature-crimes-mature-punishments/ The Blog Since 2008 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:29:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://mario-live.com/blog/2009/11/mature-crimes-mature-punishments/#comment-6877 Mario Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:56:41 +0000 http://mario-live.com/blog/?p=2925#comment-6877 You made some good points here, Ulrich. The problem I have (and I'm maybe not objective like a judge should be) is that I see too much sympathy for the people who commit crimes, rather than for their victims. In my opinion it's a fact that their victims (if they survive) and the families of their victims often get life long traumatized, while the criminals living happily ever after. You made some good points here, Ulrich. The problem I have (and I’m maybe not objective like a judge should be) is that I see too much sympathy for the people who commit crimes, rather than for their victims.
In my opinion it’s a fact that their victims (if they survive) and the families of their victims often get life long traumatized, while the criminals living happily ever after.

]]> http://mario-live.com/blog/2009/11/mature-crimes-mature-punishments/#comment-6868 Ulrich Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:50 +0000 http://mario-live.com/blog/?p=2925#comment-6868 I don't agree with you. Why should we punish them more? Justice is not about vengeance. If it were, we had to kill all murderers; but we don't. Certain punishment is needed, of course. It sends a signal that we don't tolerate crime and it lets them think about what they have done. But at a certain point, we should reintegrate them into society. We can't undo what happened, but we can try to make the best of it. So if we put a young killer into jail for a long time, a second life will be destroyed. Is this our goal? I don't think so. I don’t agree with you. Why should we punish them more? Justice is not about vengeance. If it were, we had to kill all murderers; but we don’t. Certain punishment is needed, of course. It sends a signal that we don’t tolerate crime and it lets them think about what they have done. But at a certain point, we should reintegrate them into society. We can’t undo what happened, but we can try to make the best of it. So if we put a young killer into jail for a long time, a second life will be destroyed. Is this our goal? I don’t think so.

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