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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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Surely a fair system means being fair to all! If a kid took another kid's sweets would you lock them up for 20 years? Would it be fair on the perp to do so or do we not care about being fair to the perp? I believe we do!