Should compassion be a part of the justice system?

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Sam you are WRONG .
The people believed and still believe he was and he is INNOCENT .
Not a prisoner of war .

 

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I am definitely willing to consider your position. I went and look at articles in English language Libyan papers - all of which were critical of the West - and I read people who thought he was innocent and others who thought he was a hero. A man who is unjustly imprisoned for a crime is not a hero. So my impression is that people's views in Libya vary. And I still think that welcome was wrongly handled.

This does not mean that the West handles welcome home receptions well or is better, more civilized or somehow remotely innocent. I am very critical of the West's dealings in the Middle East.

But I still think this welcoming smelled bad.

They could have made it clear they were not welcoming home someone they thought killed civilians randomly. I think people in the West, for example family members of those killed in the plane explosion, would have reacted rather differently if they had.

 

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I saw some interviews on Al Jazeera in English .
People were saying he is innocent .
They are not saying....he did it and we love him .

 

I should have also said

If the West does something wrong,which it often, certainly does, or would do something wrong, this does not excuse wrongdoing by others.

If I said 'The Libyans and an evil people, look what they did on this date'

then your answer makes more sense.

It sends the wrong message not to make it clear what they are celebrating and how they view the returning person.

 

I saw no one come out and say he did it. I did see people refer to him as a hero. To come out and directly say he did it would be to call him a liar.

 

He did it!

 

a guy steals money for gambling
a guy steals money to feed his family

Yeah, the crimes are identical, but the reasons aren't. I do think compassion should be shown for one.

 

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And that is exactly the point .
They all believe he is innocent .
I must add that a full inquiry should be launched to clear the mess of this trial which more political than juridical .
As a person I want some answers . The trial was a farce .

 

Not everything is a performance for the media.

 

Sorry, but the media was present, they knew this, the leaders son was present. This was a performance at the very least, also.

 

Then there wouldnt be people who refer to him as a hero. Being falsely accused and imprisoned does not make one a hero.

 

What was the word used for hero?

 

Compassion is a part of any justice system. Compassion and justice go hand in hand.

Even locking somebody up is deemed as being compassionate to the rest of the community in order to save them from the incarcerated one!

 

An odd bit of trivia, a friend was supposed to be on that flight, but got held over last second.

 

A loaf of bread is barely even a misdemeanor. It takes felonies to get in three strikes. A Felony is Assault and battery, Grand Theft, Murder, Arson....that level of crime

 

Really horrible stuff like getting high.

 

Without stating an opionion on this specific case...
Justice is impossible without compassion.

 

Convicts should either be immediately killed or released under some kind of restitution program. There is no logical reason to have anything in between, like prisons.