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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
IMO justice in this case would be the certainty that DeGrood would not ever be free again. Doesn't mean I want him locked away in a maximum security cell rotting away. It doesn't mean I have a desire to see him suffer. But if it means he can never leave a psychiatric facility again, then so be it.
I can't speak on behalf of the family. But I think they see him never being free is what little justice they can get after these horrible events. For them to know that there is even a remote possibility of DeGrood being released because he in deemed well enough and on his meds, to them that must certainly feel like an injustice towards them.
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I am sure that may be justice for many, family included perhaps. For some it might be the death penalty. But for me, this is still confusing justice with vengeance. I just don't see how it would be just for someone that has been determined to be not criminally responsible, to then be locked up forever.
I can see how the family might feel that way, but as hard as it is for some to hear this: criminal justice is not meted by the family or the victims in this society. It is the responsibility of the state, and I think that is a good thing.