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Skippy  ·  4092 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can forgiveness play a role in criminal justice?

I greatly enjoy the idea of the victim dictating the punishment, guided by the law (and a rep. of the state). That's not what the article was specifically talking about, but it's one of the ideas that came into my mind. Make justice come from the personal, not the abstract.