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This not judging others really gets me going. If, indeed, there shalt be no judging, them where do we get laws and basic rules of conduct upon which we can all be free and upon which we can count on each other?  

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"This not judging others really gets me going. If, indeed, there shalt be no judging, them where do we get laws and basic rules of conduct upon which we can all be free and upon which we can count on each other?" (Schlessinger, 1997, p. 61). Counting on each other, as human beings to act and behave within society's norms is what makes a neighborhood, community, public gathering and society in general work peacefully. When someone violates those norms and disrupts the peaceful balance of trust then the process of restoration by law begins. Criminals argue that they are punished to harshly and citizens complain that offenders are not punished hard enough. Punishment for crimes has been around since the beginning of man in one form or another. Retribution for crimes has always been to punish the offender in order to keep them from offending again. The type...

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