I think the punishment should fit the crime. I know not all are realistic. But going to jail for some of the more serious crimes does not seem like enough.
2006-08-22 18:48:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
no, not usually. first, it simply isn't realistic. but second, in a lot of ways it's unfair. i'm fortunate not to know from first hand experience, but i suspect that in some cases, i would want a criminal to sit, and rot away, and live with their horrible actions until they take their final breath. if i have to grieve for the rest of my life, so should you! that's the way i see it. i may even go visit the jerk in jail, so they can see the eyes of my loved one.
in many cases, God will heal our grief, but as long as that criminal is behind bars, he or she will know that they were WRONG. and that they will be JUDGED by their creator. and that gives me a sense of satisfaction and contentment.
2006-08-22 19:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by sexy law chick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The notion that "the punishment should fit the crime" is commonly used to mean that the puishment should somehow repeat or reflect the crime exactly (murder in response to murder, theft for theft, rape for rape, etc.) This idea is not well thought out; it's the kind of idea we ought to leave behind when we enter junior high school. First of all, is the crime objectionable? If so, why double it by mimicking it? Secondly, the idea insinuates that mimicking is possible. In instances of murder, for example, how can we kill someone 22 times when he's committed 22 murders? (If he's alive at all, and not a suicide terrorist.) Thirdly, are we mimicking the crime because we think (so to speak) that it will appease the gods - that we will feel better, and divine order will be restored? Or do we mimic the crime because we think that doing so will result in fewer others potentially committing the same crime in the future? Most people with this "eye for eye" proposal, whether they know it or not, attempt to appease the gods (to give themselves a sop in the satisfaction of an emotion-driven vengeance agenda).
2006-08-23 02:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by voltaire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in "an eye for an eye." But I DO agree with your other statement that the punishment should fit the crime. That is, the severity of the punishment should fit the severity of the crime.
2006-08-23 02:08:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I can see your point. It makes sense for many cases. But then, how sick would we have to be to rape a rapist? And what about guys like the one confessing to JOnBenet Ramsey's torture and murder? He should be punished if he did indeed do it and he should also be punished if he is lying for attention. We can't really play the eye for an eye game there.
I believe that criminals should be treated with as much humanity as we can safely afford to protect the integrity of the crime and justice workers, and the taxpayers who make it happen.
2006-08-23 02:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by theinfalliblenena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. justice should be reasonable, but not eye for an eye.
if someone rapes a woman, does that mean the state should rape him? of course not. we are supposed to be civilized.
he should be punished by a long prison sentence, thats all.
people committ all kinds of weird and crazy crimes.
if we punished all of those people in the same way, this place would be a freak show.
we have to set an example, not become LIKE the criminals.
2006-08-23 01:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, on the surface harsh punishments seem justified for some deplorable criminals. however, you cannot give a state the power to kill or otherwise cripple people. there are too many cases of people who might have been innocent who were executed in the u.s. you can't give someone there life or eye back after you take it away.
2006-08-23 02:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely do. I mean why should the criminals live it up in prison while the victims must deal with what has happened. I think these a@@holes out there that rape and torture people should have the exact same thing to them. Know what it is like to feel like that. They are the evil and they get it better than the good.
2006-08-23 02:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by gretphemelger 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we do an EYE FOR AN EYE, everyone will end up blind.
True justice is accepting the fact that crime is not allways punishable but seeking to stop it from happening again.
2006-08-23 01:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No! There's no way that I want to move back to the Old Testament, and neither do you with a moment's additional thought.
2006-08-23 03:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would suggest a thorough investigation that could prove a person's crime. then i think that's the time they could apply it.
there's no second chance if they made a mistake.
2006-08-23 02:01:37 · answer #10 · answered by fakemoonlandings 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋