I had a thought but it's a bit political so I'll refrain, instead I'll talk around it. Punishment always needs to be handed out at a certain point, as the Chinese proverb goes to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. We as people should obviously observe patience; for meting out punishments by one's own thoughts are almost never fully just, rather punishment must be enforced by the authorities properly and publicly, not dealt with behind closed doors..... (though of course subject relative to the crime committed itself)