Justice Is Served?

In the film we watched this week, a woman who had filmed her boyfriend's cruelty as he kidnapped, raped, burned, and killed a young African American girl, is punished at a "justice park." Because of the horrific crime she and her boyfriend committed, her memory is erased and then she is tortured psychologically every day. Many people record her as she is chased by "killers" and people she believes want to harm her. However, I do not think this treatment would work if actually implemented into society. As someone mentioned during class today, and, as I also believe, it is not our job to gain revenge or justice for an act committed. We should instead leave this up to God. He will punish people as He sees fit, although the death penalty is permissible according to the Bible. One may say that putting someone in jail is an act of humans seeking justice, but I also believe that it helps to protect the population as a whole. A person may be put in jail to prevent them from committing more crimes and harming others, but the crime they are in jail for is not serious enough to warrant the death penalty. Some believe that the death penalty is "too easy," and that a person escapes justice by dying. In the movie, the people were outraged that the woman's fiancé hung himself before he went to trial and was able to be properly punished for his heinous crime. However, I believe that he because he did not know God (evident by his actions), he will spend an eternity suffering in hell, which is punishment enough.