Thursday, April 16, 2009

What I think of the law...

I believe the law provides justice and safety to the world. Our judicial system is made up of administration branches that function to govern us. For instance, if someone is being negligent, depending on the case by case basis, the law must decide whether one or more third parties will be held responsible. Also, the fact that we have workers’ compensation for work-related injuries and illnesses is a very important when dealing with jobs that have heavy machinery or construction workers because they have a very high risk of harming themselves. All punishments are suitable to the extremity of the crime. If you’re charged with murder, you may get the death penalty or end up a lifer in prison with maximum security.
Our society as well as any society in the world, needs some sort of law because without law, there will be chaos without order. There are unjustified wrongs done in the world everyday and those people that may think something is ok when it really isn’t. They really need to have the book thrown at them so they realize they can’t get away with anything and everything. Committing a crime whether it be treason, felony, or a misdemeanor all have considerable consequences and one can only hope that a person will learn from his/her mistakes. But then there are those who just can’t get enough of whatever it is that excites them and motivates them that they just keep going back to their old ways. I don’t feel bad for those people honestly because even if you have that addiction to steal, gamble, extort, and anything that has to do with breaking the law, there are ways to get help. It’s just a matter of whether or not you want to look for it and whether or not you want it bad enough.

1 comment:

  1. Make Melody,
    I liked how you started off by saying that “I believe the law provides justice and safety to the world.” I would add that we were all blessed to be given our right to be “innocent until proven guilty.” I also like what you said that “our society as well as any society in the world, need some sort of law because without law there will be chaos with out order.”
    This is true because if there was no laws who knows what this world would be like. I can see your point at the end where you talk about mistakes and consequences and it is up to the person to learn from their mistakes. This to me is what having laws is all about helping the people that have made their mistakes become law biding citizens.

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