Proportional justice
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Within law, the principle of proportionality is used to describe the idea that the punishment of a certain crime should be in proportion to the severity of the crime itself. In practice, systems of law differ greatly on the application of this principle. In some systems, this was interpreted as the Lex talionis, an eye for an eye. In others, it has led to a more restrictive manner of sentencing. For example, all European Union countries have codified that no crime can warrant the death penalty, whereas other countries in the world do use it.
See also
- Legal ethics
- Crime
- Punishment
- Lex talionis
- Capital punishment
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