Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Yes, that's very true. And the justice system is not (or is not SUPPOSED to be) about getting revenge. It SHOULD be about protecting society. Sometimes, though, it seems that lawyers and judges are more interested in protecting the criminals.
It can seem that way. But it won't do to forget that also innocent people are accused. There has to be rules to prevent that as much as is possible.

What those things WILL do is keep the criminal from hurting society again, at least for the time he's in prison.
And when he or she is out? I with Leo9 on this one, to protect society you also have to try to stop people from repeating their crimes.

Of course, the judges can do more damage to the victims by not sentencing criminals.
Right!

The only reason why I support any kind of death penalty, and only for the most violent criminals who cannot be rehabilitated, is to eliminate the possibility of them ever being able to kill again. If you check out that list you'll see quite a few convicted killers who were either paroled or escaped and killed again. There is no parole, or escape, from death.
But how do you know which is which?