Quote Originally Posted by Saheli View Post

If the cliche "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is what we consider justice, then I don't understand why you feel a punishment that mirrors a crime is justice.
Surely this originates in the Code of Hammurabi. But it does appear in the Bible, twice. Once as law in the Old Testament. Again in the New Testament; "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also" But this does not deal with punishment for having committed a crime but for individual actions between people.