{"id":60,"date":"2012-10-17T11:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=60"},"modified":"2023-08-12T14:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:09:25","slug":"6-for-the-love-of-god-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"6. For the Love of God, Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 3: Punishment\u00a0
Page 1: Why punishment?<\/p>\n

The Criminal Lawyer’s Guide to Criminal Law (with pictures!)<\/p>\n

Part Three: “For the Love of God, WHY?”<\/p>\n

Average Joe running off with a woman’s purse.<\/em><\/p>\n

NARRATOR<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s say you committed a crime, harming society.<\/p>\n

The State bonking Joe with her big freakin’ hammer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The State responds by harming YOU.<\/p>\n

Joe looking beat up.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s reasonable to ask yourself<\/p>\n

JOE<\/em><\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

NARRATOR<\/em><\/p>\n

What possible purpose is served by the State adding injury to injury?<\/p>\n

How does adding MORE suffering make society any better off?<\/p>\n

[Note: These chapters originally appeared as single, long-form posts on Tumblr. They have been broken down into individual pages for this website, for better comprehension and discussion.]<\/p>\n

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