A statute that lets some wrongfully convicted individuals seek restitution but denies that right to others is an unjust and unequal application of the law.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Restorative justice is not a replacement of retributive justice, but a complement. It seeks the rehabilitation of the wrongdoer and the repair of the victim's injury.
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.
The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.
When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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