I mean, the hedge against feuds is, in theory, the disinterest of the actor meting out punishment. The justice system is designed to benchmark itself by a consensus of justice that extends itself beyond what the aggrieved party feels appropriate. The benchmark is not, how the widower feels the murderer should be dealt with.
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Date: 2013-07-26 08:29 pm (UTC)