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lzual posted...

Just taking a step back and concentrating on the topic of is it right to punish old people for crimes they committed in the past...

Do you feel there should be some sort of statute of limitations for when someone can be tried for a crime they committed?

Personally I don't. To me it's very important to ensure someone who breaks the law in a major way is tried no matter how long has passed since the crime. If not for punishing the person then at least for setting the standard that if you do bad you WILL be tried.

There's been legal cases where people are let off due to old age. Also tons of legal loopholes have allowed lots of worse injustice to prevail in this world.

So given the finite resources we have to expend on the legal system, why even bother with trying an old woman Nazi for?

But from a realistic standpoint, yeah I see it's expected. Criminals can only face persecution in the area/town/country they live in. If it's somewhere like Japan...sure, you can say they just got it lucky