Article: Crime And Punishment
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Crime And Punishment
can?t get too excited about victimless crimes, that is to say crimes in which the only victim is the person committing it. Those who want to self-destruct ? provided the consequences are not shouldered by others ? have the right to do it. Everyone has the moral responsibility for their own person.
Crimes against others is another matter. Nobody has the right to inflict physical harm on another. Nor does anyone have the right to harm us emotionally or economically. There are degrees of damage, obviously. Defamation does not bring the harm that torture, rape or murder does. In a just world, the punishment must fit the crime.
Perfect justice must begin with absolute proof of guilt. Such is often not the case as evidenced by the numerous prisoners exonerated by ...
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