Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Forgiving New Face of Justice


Who would've thought? It's a new world we

inhabit, all of us. One half comprised of the

disadvantaged, the remainder those whose

guilt at normalcy and good fortune meeting

their introduction to life and social comfort

has bred a new, compassionate movement.

Who would have imagined after all that an

impoverished background, denial of the basics

of childhood emotional support and guidance

a bred social aversion and a natural instinct

for psychopathy would have a positive outcome?

Where social deviants whom the justice system

recognizes as outright criminals brought to

trial land softly on the undercurrent of very

special privileges for very special circumstances.

They are now held to a standard significantly

below that of the privileged class with abundant

lifetime opportunities denied those of racial

backgrounds spurned in character as being

deficient unto the day. Their poverty of like

opportunities presaging their inability to take

their place in society as law-abiding citizens

choosing instead to rampage, to threaten, to

violence, culminating in unspeakable criminal

offences for which commission they are viewed 

innocent by reason of early childhood deprivation

and missed opportunities in later years. Lesser

personal responsibility engages with lesser

punishment where they are free to rejoin society

visiting upon all levels, the advantaged and

those without, the lethal impact of a venomous

nature where crimes viewed through the lens

of the forgiving become trivial, devalued

as a justifiable cause for life imprisonment.

 

 

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