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@evoman3957 wrote:

"Because if that is not done we are no better than the offenders".

 

 

Not true in my opinion, because the punishment handed out by the "WE" you allude to is called justice. If a Civilized society can't adhere to a fair system of justice, then it adheres to no system of justice at all..........and FAIR should mean fair for the "Victims" first and foremost.

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What is "fair" for someone that has lost their life?  Is it different if that person was religious?  Is it worse to kill an atheist?  What if the person themselves would have wanted forgiveness for the perpetrator?

Justice should be consistent and it should be a deterrent.  It can never be "compensation" realistically.