Anybody Will Do
Punishing criminals has always been a major part of what is considered justice, as the saying goes an eye for an eye. People naturally lean towards that extremely crude form of justice, and so they care about nothing else besides the fact that they get someone’s eye. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and “Trial by Fire” by David Grann, extreme actions are taken over the deaths of children. People are accused of causing the deaths, yet none are at fault. They are all killed regardless of reason saying otherwise. People blind themselves by focusing so much doing something regardless of how many people are hurt. Injustice is caused by people who are focused on punishing someone rather than helping the victim.
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When Willingham had been accused of confessing to Webb, he was offered life in prison, instead of capital punishment. His lawyers and everyone a part of Stacy’s family urged him to accept the crime that he did not commit (Grann 9). Willingham refused and similarly, so did Proctor. Danforth and the others wanted Proctor to confess so that there would not be any riots (Miller 1158). Still, Hale knew that they were all innocent, but he wanted them to confess anyway so that he may not feel as guilty for taking their lives. In both cases, people wanted the accused to confess to something they had not done. If they had confessed their story would not have been heard, and their would not have been any call to change. Although, Hale was virtuous in wanting them to have their lives, it seemed more so that he wanted them to live for his own benefit. If they had confessed, the crack in the system would still existed until others would die, he did not value those people’s lives because it would have not been his fault. People like those lawyers and Hale allow for these injustices to continuously exist in the system. Only because Willingham and the people hanged in Salem, were we able to see it and stand against such
Punishing criminals has always been a major part of what is considered justice, as the saying goes an eye for an eye. People naturally lean towards that extremely crude form of justice, and so they care about nothing else besides the fact that they get someone’s eye. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and “Trial by Fire” by David Grann, extreme actions are taken over the deaths of children. People are accused of causing the deaths, yet none are at fault. They are all killed regardless of reason saying otherwise. People blind themselves by focusing so much doing something regardless of how many people are hurt. Injustice is caused by people who are focused on punishing someone rather than helping the victim.
Punishment of someone, …show more content…
When Willingham had been accused of confessing to Webb, he was offered life in prison, instead of capital punishment. His lawyers and everyone a part of Stacy’s family urged him to accept the crime that he did not commit (Grann 9). Willingham refused and similarly, so did Proctor. Danforth and the others wanted Proctor to confess so that there would not be any riots (Miller 1158). Still, Hale knew that they were all innocent, but he wanted them to confess anyway so that he may not feel as guilty for taking their lives. In both cases, people wanted the accused to confess to something they had not done. If they had confessed their story would not have been heard, and their would not have been any call to change. Although, Hale was virtuous in wanting them to have their lives, it seemed more so that he wanted them to live for his own benefit. If they had confessed, the crack in the system would still existed until others would die, he did not value those people’s lives because it would have not been his fault. People like those lawyers and Hale allow for these injustices to continuously exist in the system. Only because Willingham and the people hanged in Salem, were we able to see it and stand against such