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> what is justice without revenge?

Justice. Sentencing is here to take criminals away from the rest of society, in order to protect the latter rather than punish the former.

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I'm glad you were able to close the case on one of the oldest philosophical problems in existence. I'm glad it was that simple.

I was hoping a Frenchman would recognize that I was merely paraphrasing one of Hugo's main arguments against capital punishment, developed in his preface of Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné, rather than "close the case on one of the oldest philosophical problems in existence".

And? Presumably you're paraphrasing him to imply that his argument is correct.

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