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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parisi is a heroine for doing what is right rather than capitulating to a mob. [/quote]

The legitimacy of the justice system rests, in part, on the idea that private citizens will not take justice into their own hands because the state will step in to provide justice for all—as much as that can be achieved. When the justice system fails to properly balance the interests of all parties, community outrage will result.  If it happens enough, the legitimacy of the whole system suffers.

Just as Brock Turner’s sentence (though technically within the guidelines and he appears to have not reoffended) continues to be an outrage, this sentence is an outrage.  The community in Palo Alto found an outlet for their outrage by recalling the judge in question.

To be clear, there are many theories of justice. Victim rights are not the only consideration. We’ve come a long way from “an eye for an eye”.  But justice is balance and when all theories of justice are not being properly considered, there is no balance and there can be no justice.  I’m not sure how anybody can look at this situation and say that all sides were balanced.

Finally, most of us as adults pretty much have our ideologies locked in. Our voting patterns and sense of Justice are locked in but the young people, in particular minors, are watching this injustice play out and forming their own ideas on justice. Just as the 1970s/early 80s led to the tough on crime era, this era is starting to set the stage for reactionaries to reassert themselves in the coming decades. [/quote]

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