I agree that by seeking revenge we bring down the victims to status of murders and justice can not be retributive. Absolutely true that, an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.. But at least there has to be some sort of punishment, say not for revenge but to prevent further demeaning crimes from happening? For deterrence? Okay, death penalty is not justified, but there has to be life imprisonment. After All we have to balance between Human rights of accused and rights of a society to live safely!
But at least there has to be some sort of punishment, say not for revenge but to prevent further demeaning crimes from happening? For deterrence? well sure there should be punishment. In my view, the punishment we are giving people is a restriction from living a free life. realistically, punishing people for crimes does not tend to prevent those crimes from being committed again by other people, but we can prevent people who have been convicted of a crime from being able to commit that crime again.