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Point of order: victims are not "parties" in criminal cases, not in remotely modern legal systems. The parties are the accused and the state. For the same reas
by Hizonner 3y ago
Point of order: victims are not "parties" in criminal cases, not in remotely modern legal systems. The parties are the accused and the state.
For the same reason, victims don't get to pardon crimes committed against them.
... which is the way it should be, because criminal punishment should not be seen as a form of revenge, but as a deterrent.
- qingcharles 3y agoRight. Most crimes are essentially ones that "the people" found unsavory. For instance, there is no "victim" if I got caught enjoying cannabis in my own home in a jurisdiction where such a thing is illegal, but "the people" have made a decision that they don't like it and I should be punished for committing an anti-social act. That is one of the fundamental aspects of democracy at work.