"The Shield": Crime and Punishment

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Not all villains could be punished by no punishment. The Iagos and Richard IIIs delight in escape. Could fitting punishment depend more on the nature of the criminal, than on the crime? For some criminals, capital punishment is devoutly to be wished. For Dante, divine punishment was necessary for the operation of a divine Universe.

Do we, in the modern world, including our leaders, suffer even more because the possibility of punishment often seems remote?

For Dante, redemption came only after being caught, being punished, and renouncing sin. For The Shield's Mackey, there is no punishment, which turns out to be, for at least one criminal, the worst punishment of all.

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Murtagh is a doctor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.- Murtagh's career combines both writing and science.-

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