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> Article 28
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3. Crime and
social objectives
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| Article 28-Punishment and resolution | ||
| 28.1 | Punishment and resolution | |
| Evil begets evil. Injustice breeds injustice. A system that creates concentrations of evil in the form of barbaric prisons and executes citizens against its will is an unjust society that will never find peace and resolution in responding to crime. |
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| For a system to be fair and just, for an offence to be resolved as wisely as possible, the entire nature of punishment versus the remorse and willingness of the offender to atone and reform needs to be considered. |
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| Damnation of a soul simply adds to the greater misery and evilness in the world. What is greater than any damnation is forgiveness and a choice of appropriate punishment through the choice of absolution or penitence by an offender. |
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| 28.2 | Absolution and penitence | |
| The sentencing of punishment for crimes committed shall always be based on the principle of the convicted offender having a choice between a punishment relating to a program of eventual absolution or a punishment program relating to a period of penitence. |
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| A choice of absolution shall always be associated with a convicted offenders public admission of guilt and remorse for the crime and willingness to atone. In response the punishment should be commensurate with the crime but with the opportunity of eventual absolution. |
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| In contrast, an absence of guilt, or genuine remorse shall always be associated with penitence and with longer periods of incarceration. |
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