by BRIAN LOCKHART
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
In a way, that phrase is the basis for punishment in most places when a person commits a crime.
Although in some societies is taken to the literal extreme – which is not a good thing.
The phrase means – the punishment should fit the crime.
For the most part, our society is doing a good job of punishing criminal behaviour.
You can argue that some crimes aren’t punished enough, the justice system is woefully slow, and some judges routinely make questionable decisions, but all in all, I’d rather be in the Canadian justice system than stand accused in a lot of court systems around the world where sentences are handed out at the wave of a hand based on how the judge is feeling that morning and what bribes have come their way.