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> Many of them have committed crimes against society […] all are deserving of human dignity and love If someone deprived another of dignity via a crime (say, v

• gambiting 4y ago
  Because how we treat others speaks a lot about ourselves. This is the shortest TLDR on a philosophical argument going on literally for millenia. It's the same reason why prisoners are given a mattress to sleep on and warm water to wash with, even though you could argue many of them don't deserve even that.
• fallingknife 4y ago
  The criminal justice system does not punish for the benefit of the victim by retribution, but rather for the benefit of the state. Criminal cases in court are the state vs the defendant. The victim is not a party.
• lesuorac 4y ago
  There's many more crimes then sexual assault and murder that can land you in prison. How many soap bottles would I have to steal before you think I don't deserve any dignity? And then there's also not everybody convicted of a crime actually did the crime [1]. [1]: https://innocenceproject.org/national-academy-of-sciences-reports-four-percent-of-death-row-inmates-are-innocent/#:~:text=News%2004.28.14-,National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences%20Reports%20Four%20Percent%20of%20Death%20Row,the%20United%20States%20are%20innocent https://innocenceproject.org/national-academy-of-sciences-re....
• burnished 4y ago
  Did you know you can be jailed for watching the sun rise on top of a church? They can and will charge your ass with burglary. It isnt fitting, but if you start acting just the least bit weird and a cop catches you well, hope you have access to adequate legal representation.