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balance out his debt to the justice system.
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He owes no debt to the justice system. The justice system is just a bureaucratic tool - a "system".
He owes a debt to his family.
He may owe a debt to God or to his lost son, wherever he may be.
At a stretch he may owe a debt to society.
But which debt takes priority? The one to his family. And that is not served by making him rot away in prison. Even if he did owe a debt to society it would hardly be repaid by sitting in a prison cell doing nothing for two years.
You are right
guthmund, nothing will bring back his son. And that includes prison.