Consider the iterated consequences if you don't allow people to admit a transgression, reform, and move on. Such a society ultimately turns into a gaslighting

Consider the iterated consequences if you don't allow people to admit a transgression, reform, and move on. Such a society ultimately turns into a gaslighting double-down deny-everything debacle, where everything must be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt in a court of law. In this situation court cases will be dragged out forever, and asymmetric resources and power really will come into play. Failing and fixing fast is much more preferable.