RE: Can you forgive someone yet seek justice against them at the same time?
January 14, 2012 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2012 at 10:21 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You may forgive someone who has committed a crime against you, but society still has a duty to uphold in pursuing justice on your behalf (and, case in point, on behalf of society as a whole). An individual does not have the right to suspend the process of law on the basis of "forgiving" the criminal. You often hear the old "I won't press charges"...which makes for great drama..but truth be told, the state will press charges in your stead (and is perfectly reasonable in doing so). Battered spouses are notorious for this. It isn't the refusal to press charges that gums up the process, it's the refusal to testify when no other evidence is present (which is why the state will often insist upon taking pictures of a battered spouse nowadays..in case she later reverses herself and refuses to testify).
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