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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
The justice system's job isn't to exact revenge on behalf of victims and their families, it is to punish and/or rehabilitate the person who committed the crime in such a way as to protect society.
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What is punishment if not revenge on behalf of society as a whole?
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Removing the person from society for life is the most that is necessary to achieve this.
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Exactly what the death penalty does.