So does executing a random scapegoat. This is a made up problem and an attempt to make a right out of two wrongs. Retribution needs to have value in an of itse

So does executing a random scapegoat. This is a made up problem and an attempt to make a right out of two wrongs. Retribution needs to have value in an of itself, and it doesn't have any. you can't pay rent with it, you can't eat it. No-one's life was ever saved by it, no-one's lot in life was improved, there is no societal benefit. You just favour a brutish set of values