We do need to remember that these are human beings, and since they were put in such positions of detainment by human beings, errors occur. I agree that a lot of things about the justice system sucks, but there is one reason why I'm perhaps not as miffed as everyone else: What happens when the system messes up and imprisons someone innocent?
Thank you.
It happens, and its a real shame. Personally, I don't know how I would react if I was falsely imprisoned (or even put on death row, in some cases) but I can tell you I would be full of hate. We as humans are not perfect, so neither is anything that we make/build/create/think of. This is why we have long judicial procedures BEFORE prison to determine that someone is truly guilty. The odds of being falsely imprisoned are pretty low, compared to the rest of the population. Then again, we can't treat everyone like they may be falsely imprisoned because then nobody really gets a punishment that fits their crime.
I agree that the assailant in this story should be
severely punished, you don't get off with cutting someone's throat just because the person you cut was a terrible person. Compensation for the inmate victim who is serving a life sentence who can't even use that money? I don't think the tax payers want to put
more money into prisons especially to a lifer, imo you fluffed up, you got yourself in there, that kind of violence comes with the territory. However, I am also of the opinion that like-minded criminals should be put in the same area (similar crimes should be grouped, not things like a tax frauder sharing a cell with a serial killer) so that this stuff doesn't happen to the wrong people.