Response To The Offender: A Victim Analysis

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Your post most definitely persuaded me. I really like the point you made about victims being heard and how their voice is important. Victims want to be heard and get the justice they deserve. By having victims have a voice in plea negotiations, this allows them to state how they feel and what should be done. However that can get out of hand real quickly with the victim wanting revenge, this could make the sentencing unfair to the offender. I never thought about the victims taking the situation in their own hands, a lot of families seek revenge and this could possible lead to future crimes. Some victims and famililes feel like they need to retaliate if they do not have the justice they think is deserved. I feel like if victims were not apart

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