Friday, October 12, 2018
Was Justice Really Served?
At the end of Part one, going into part two of The Stranger, Meursault kills an Arab based on the fact that the sun was beating down on him. While the prosecution does not know or believe this as a proper excuse, and rightfully so, they primarily focus on his lack of faith in God and his apparent lack of love for his mother. The prosecution does not touch on at all the facts of the murder and how, when, why Meursault killed the Arab. They compare Meursault to the next trial the court is facing, which involves parricide. They continue to equate Meursault´s actions to those of the man that killed his own father. This begs the question, ¨Did Meursault deserve the death penalty?¨ The fact that the prosecution focuses on Meursault´s lack of remorse or his apparent distant feelings for his mother, rather than focusing on the actual murder itself tells me that proper justice was not actually served. The prosecution and in turn the jury charged Meursault with the same crime of a premeditated murderer who killed his own father which is not fair. Merusault´s eventual death is wrong and at the very most he should have received life in prison.
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I agree with the harshness of his sentence being too much. Having said that I also think Meursault Did very little to communicate his point of view and reasoning for his actions which may have caused him to come off as not caring for or not feeling wrong for his actions.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the lack of attention to the actual crime committed and more attention on the factors that might have played into the crime kind of hid the fact that he murdered someone and disregarded the person that was murdered.
ReplyDeleteI agree and think that the sentence he received was particularly cruel and i think he did not deserve that. I think that the lack of communication on his part also played a big role into his sentence.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how it was unfair to compare Meursault's court case with that of a man who killed his own father. By these two cases being the head of the news, Meursault's trial was already being pushed towards the death penalty. Also, I agree with how the prosecution based its argument on Meursault's actions during and after his mother's funeral to persuade the jury into believing that Meursault is a killer that deserves to die.
ReplyDeleteNot only do I think that his punishment was too cruel for the crime especially because the Arab attacked them, it also was just a very bad trial in general. The prosecution's evidence was mostly irrelevant and Meursault did a very poor job of defending himself.
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