A thief, comes but to kill, steal and destroy.
It shouldn't be underemphasized that, the most life threatening situation now in the country are criminal cases, where they will have to break into your house, get your valuables, cause intense harm to people involved or even kill them.
Should this act be overlooked? Or should we fold our hands and act like nothing happened? Should the culprit be set free just like that to continue sniffing life out of innocent citicizen? NO!
They should be brought to book, they should be made known their offense, they should be made to understand that the life of other citizens are precious and shouldn't be cut off at their own will.
Justice shouldn't be sacrificed on the alter of sympathy.
They should be shown where they belong, (the prison) perhaps when they're out of there, lessons may be learnt and a new leaf, turned.
By so doing the citizen can sleep with their two eyes closed.
Yeah...the main purpose of sending a criminal to prison is to face the consequences of the crime committed and also, to serve as a lesson to others who may wish to tow the same path.
If left without punishment, they may cause havoc to lives around them. Talking about rehabilitation, they can only be restored after serving the punishment.
By so doing, the victims, may have rest of mind even at death, knowing fully well that, they've been vindicated.