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Originally Posted by dennis in se pa
My point is - if you commit a crime you commit a crime. No matter how many people are affected, that does not change the crime. theft of a particular magnitude, violence of some sort etc. I don't see a grey area here. And I usually do in most issues. The more involved the crime the more severe the sentence maybe.
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This perhaps depends on
why you have a justice system.
Generally, when someone is wronged, the justice system exists to enforce a righting of the wrongs. This means that the amount of wrong dealt is indeed a factor as the greater the damage the greater the wrong, and in turn the greater the actions taken need to be.
In the case of murder, the wrong cannot be made right by the murderer in terms of the taken life. However, the greater the amount of injury dealt, the greater payment that is required to be just.