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Originally posted by: sweet coco
Okay so I was talknig about this with my mother and she feels conflicted over it since Sanjay Dutt was huge around her zamana...sorry if that makes anyone feel old.
But she bought up many good points and pointed far not everything is black and white. For example, if he was involved which caused the death of others--what if for the last 20 years he has done things to help people and try to repent for his sins. Is that enough? Isn't it better to educate than punish? Isn't the whole point of punishment for the guilty person to dig deep into one's conscious and reflect on their deeds and apologize deeply to their maker and do whatever it takes to repent. Has Sanjay Dutt done that, if yes then has he served his punishment? Or will he ever just b/c it's always going to be on his conscious? That's her spirituality speaking and she's a strong believer in educating/change over punishment/death sentence.I honestly feel bad for his children. I know it was a hard time for Sanjay since his mother had just died and his father was deeply saddened and what he did as a young man out of immaturity/anger/depression was horrendous. However, I still feel bad for the kids...hopefully it won't affect their mental/emotional states.
If Sanjay Dutt has done things to help people and he has tried to repent for his sins then this may be a reason to make his punishment lesser.
But just because he has done these things then it doesn't erase his criminal acts. Also if this kind of trial decision will lead to various consequences and harm the legitimacy of indian judicial system more(which by the way is already corrupt).
Yes you right when you say this:
"Isn't the whole point of punishment for the guilty person to dig deep into one's conscious and reflect on their deeds and apologize deeply to their maker "
But it depends on what kind of criminal the question is about. If it's a guy who has taken all kind of drugs and is drunk and then abuse and beat people and the clinical reports shows that he had gone in a zombie zone or had become psychopath. Then the best solution is to not punish such a person, but to give such a person treatment in a mental department.
But with Sanjay's case the situation is different. He intentionally had the weapons with him and he clearly knew what the consequences would be if the authorities found out about it. So he intentionally did a criminal act. Hence it's important to punish him instead of not punishing him because then he probably won't take this seriously and still continue having weapons and in this way become a threat to the piece and harmony of our society.
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