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    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
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    It is not the case that if an offense does not get the punishment it deserves, it is unjust

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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Justice requires proportionality: punishment must match offense severity to treat like cases alike and respect moral equality.
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    • 2.Underpunishment undermines deterrence and denies victims recognition that their harm was taken seriously by the legal system.
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    • 3.Deserved punishment reflects the objective wrongness of an act; failing to inflict it means denying a factual moral reality.
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