Retributive justice operates on the principle that wrongdoing deserves proportional punishment—an eye for an eye—assuming that suffering inflicted on the offender restores some moral balance. This logic dominates modern criminal systems, yet it raises hard questions: whether inflicting suffering actually deters crime, heals victims, or simply perpetuates cycles of violence dressed in law.
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