I believe an “eye for an eye” is a just method in approaching criminal affairs. After all, criminals who commit a crime rarely experience the tragic pain the victim or victims’ family have to endure. For example, one of my classmates was murdered; he was minding his business, and unfortunately got in the crossfire of a shooting. The person who murdered him was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Some experts, including Sen. John McCain claims, “[Prison] crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.” However, any logical breathing individual can plainly see the fallacy in that- prison is supposed to be a rehabilitation center, in which inmates are incentivized to break and redefine their bad habits. Solitary confinement grants one the opportunity of an education, job, game room, television, shower, workout center, and three square meals a day until that inmate is let free or dies. Those benefits are more than what most Americans who are not felons receive today. An eye for an eye can serve to replace the flawed prison institution and exhibit a more aggressive and ethical approach. Society is nothing more than animals that need to be put in their place, which is why have rules and regulations. We are always being watched by elites and when one of us does something mischievous, then that individual needs to be the sacrificial lamb to set an example. In other words, a murderer should absolutely get murdered, unless that murder was in self-defense. If it wasn’t in self-defense, then the murderer should solely bear his/her own responsibility and accept the consequences. Ghandi said, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” but if we don’t take the necessary action and continue to slap the wrists of the careless, then the world is just going to close its eyes from all light because it will be easier to look at than the pain.

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