Revenge or Forgiveness?

///in our country family of the victim can forgive the killer and the latter can be a free man. ///

It's a good tradition. Which country are you from?

Listen to your enemy, for God is talking

The killer is responsible for how his/her own family feels about losing him as he/she was the one who committed the crime that resulted in him/her ending up where he/she did in the first place. The victims' families have every right to be angry and want to see bad things happen to the animal who did that to their loved ones (this is why it is not the family that prosecutes the criminal or enacts the sentence). Why are you blaming the victims' family for something the animal did? Where is your compassion for the victims' families?

Not everyone is or wants to be Christian, so that is why there are secular laws in the U.S. Also, looking back through the Christian Bible, there are plenty of examples of a vengeful god there, in both testaments.

That said, I am not a fan of the D.P. because it is not evenly applied across the country. Poor people and minorities are not able to get the best representation and sometimes evidence is misinterpreted. *IF* we could get to a point where evidence was conclusive and there was no doubt, I'd be totally fine with the DP. As it is, I do not like the idea of tax money being used to feed, clothe, entertain and give medical attention to someone who chose to do something so horrible. I much prefer the idea of creating a prison that is self-sufficient. They grow their own food, make their own fabric for clothes, etc. If they chose not to participate, they don't get to eat. This way no public money would be wasted on someone who has chosen to be a danger to society.

I'd like to make him really snivel and beg; a pair of pliers and a blow torch.