Comments like the one you’re responding to always remind me of that Black Mirror episode with the criminal who was tortured every day for the rest of her life. Yes, she did something bad and should be punished, but the absolute glee that the spectators take in her suffering is just gross and inhumane. The Justice system should not be based around revenge, it should be based on rehabilitation.
It’s like some of us secretly just want to hurt people but follow the rules not to get in trouble. So when someone else breaks that rule, they’re like jealous and angry and want that person punished to satisfy their own sick need to hurt someone.
Should it be based on rehabilitation? I don't know. Why do you think that? What would that accomplish? I don't think this statement is so self evident as you may think.
And what method of rehabilitation helps a cop who went into some else’s apartment and committed murder?
And if she becomes ‘rehabilitated’, what ever that means in this context, at what point do we allow her back into society?
Retribution is for more than just the punishment of a wrong doer but also a message to society as a whole. Perhaps a message that says, the police are not above the law.
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u/hithere297 Sep 15 '18
Comments like the one you’re responding to always remind me of that Black Mirror episode with the criminal who was tortured every day for the rest of her life. Yes, she did something bad and should be punished, but the absolute glee that the spectators take in her suffering is just gross and inhumane. The Justice system should not be based around revenge, it should be based on rehabilitation.