Yes, but this just underlines the need for justice to not waste its credibility interceding on behalf of the culpable but well-connected, declining to prosecute whole categories of socially-destructive offenses, or granting "forgiveness" on the basis of politics or color.
For forgiveness to have weight, punishment must be weighty. For forgiveness to be sincere, those unworthy of it must be denied it.
Yes, but this just underlines the need for justice to not waste its credibility interceding on behalf of the culpable but well-connected, declining to prosecute whole categories of socially-destructive offenses, or granting "forgiveness" on the basis of politics or color.
For forgiveness to have weight, punishment must be weighty. For forgiveness to be sincere, those unworthy of it must be denied it.