Sometimes I think we get the meaning of Justice mixed up.
If I am in school and I take a test, the teacher then grades that test or "judges it" and scores it. If I got all the questions right I get an A. Now if the teacher gave me a B and I had them all right then there was an "injustice" for me. Not my parents, not my family and not my friends. The "injustice" was for me.
This man went before this judge and like in my case where I earned an A but only got a B, this man deserved life without parole or the death penalty and the judge failed this man. The judge did an injustice to this man by not giving him the penalty he earned and deserved.
There was no injustice done to this family or society, the injustice was done to this man, he did not get the "grade" or sentence he deserved.
I appreciate your post.
After thinking about what you have said I do believe their is an injustice done to society.
God please forbid, but I am willing to bet that if this monster gets out and kills, cannibalizes and shellacks another child to display their skull on his dresser, that child's parents will agree.
I understand the points about not condoning vigilante justice.
I understand the desire of this parent to protect other children even though they are not his.
To spare another family the knowledge and subsequent agony he has endured all these years.
I also understand that this parent has a conscience and more than likely, if he were to follow through with this murder, he will forever be haunted by the things he has done and the vision in his mind he has created. He will be haunted even more than the man that killed his son. Why? Because he HAS a conscience. In the end it may drive this father to suicide. In the end this father may commit suicide anyway just due to the stress. It kind of amazes me it did not happen when he realized the horror his child endured and then how the child's body and remains were desecrated and then DISPLAYED. Can we even begin to imagine the nightmares this parent must have had? Killing the killer will trigger more, and probably worse, nightmares.
Yes, yes I do think the Judge has committed an injustice against society and not just against this murderer.
To me, it is like the stone thrown in the water. The Judge had an opportunity to put a stop to the ripples. The ramifications are endless.
Yes, I understand the Judge was only acting based on sentencing guidelines as they were at the time.
Final grade: F (All the way around) IMO
