... to set a criminal apart from the rest of society. Today we publicize the effects of our judicial system to a great extent, whether it is an open courtroom, or a televised execution, people tend to feel some type of relif watching the hand of the law in action. In the begining of the book The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, when Hester is ... in our society today when we hear of an accused childer molester, or robber walking away as a freeman. Even as innocent as they may be, it scares us when they move into our neighborhoods and come in contact with our own children and lives. I...

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