Discouragement And Punishment

As mentioned from the Old Testament, Matthew 5:38 “Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth” becomes the basis of law. It is widely used even at the ancient times and it is also their way of getting justice. But they are not aware that this is also the root of why some people suffer and by just a click, one’s life will come to an end. Believing that this will end the criminality causes some countries to implement such law. On the other hand, lots if things must be given great focus for the success and effectiveness of it, which is too good to be done and is out of reach in our country. But does punishment really fits the crime? Or would it be more productive to build a more reformatory prison system? And lastly, is it still applicable to our modern and technological way of living we have today? …show more content…
One of which is the occurrences of chaos not only on the street but to the entire country. There would probably be numerous rallies and discouragement programs aiming to stop such law. Second, this is never deterrence, because they can never assure that the process of criminality stops as the life of criminals end. It is also a hindrance for development and change to those who has mistaken and the worst is that it will be the people’s way to have vengeance. This is supported by Saad (2014), “Punishment is de rigueur than deterrence. We can never get the peace we need if the people living in the country don’t have oneness and consideration to the mistakes of