Hello, everyone.
Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learners' featured post. We all must have heard stories of a crime committed, and instead of being mad at the defaulter, you find yourself supporting them and hoping that other people see things from your own perspective and do not judge them too. Even though the law exists to ensure that everyone is on their best behavior and no one goes against the law, there are certain crimes when you hear the reason behind why the person committed them, and you wish the law did not exist so that they could actually continue to enjoy their freedom and were not punished for the crimes committed. There are crimes that when committed, people don't frown at, sometimes because of why it is, and there are crimes that people frown at.
The truth is that whether a reason a crime was committed is valid or not does not stop it from being a crime, and how we feel about the person or the crime committed also does not change how the law sees it. Most of the time I feel before we conclude about a crime and judge the person who committed the crime, we should, first of all, weigh the crime committed to know how grievous the offense committed is, as well as try to know the reason or motive behind the person who committed the crime and why they did it. Sometimes people commit crimes for the right reasons; it might not stop it from being called a crime, but their reason for committing such crimes can actually be justifiable.
For me, I will say yes; some crimes committed are actually justifiable considering the motive behind committing the crime. Crimes can be heartbreaking, especially to those at the receiving end, but sometimes we wish the law could cut the defaulter some slack, as their motive behind committing the crime was a good one. An example of a crime that I feel is justifiable is harming your attacker in the process of self-defense. Like the story of a group of friends in my school that was about to be robbed by robbers and touts, and they managed to collect the machete from them and used it to fight the robbers as well as hold them down until school security arrived at the scene; instead of frowning at their actions, they had people praising them and cheering them.
For me, I think a crime like that is justifiable as they did what they did with the motive of defending themselves and stopping the robbers from taking their valuables, even though harming another person is still considered a crime, but it was never their plan to harm the robbers, but they had to do it as if they don't, they might have been the ones at the receiving end or even worse, they lose their lives and valuables. Sometimes people commit crimes for the right reasons, though it does not stop it from being called a crime, but it is a bit justifiable because of the motive behind it.
In situations like this, self-defense doesn’t particularly seem like a crime to me. At least here in Brazil, a person has the right to defend themselves and won’t be punished for it, but I know this varies depending on the country.
I don't think self-defense should be a crime; if, in the process, you don't defend yourself, you are the one dying, and the so-called law will not do anything to bring you back to life. The crime committer will just go to jail and still come out at the end of the day but who is dead is gone forever.
Self-defense is not classified as a crime, what will happen if we are silent without defending ourselves, maybe we will lose our Java, even if the perpetrator is caught, of course they will be free.
Indeed some crimes can be justified, but then I believe each one should be well crosscheck so we won't be letting go of the real criminals who lies about doing something with good intentions, even though they did it for other motive.
I'm glad your colleagues at school were able to overpower the thieves and apprehend them before the authorities came.
The example you just gave in which you said that self-defense is not a cream and the example you have given is often heard and seen in the news. I completely agree with this thing that self-defense is not a crime but there is no provision for this in the law book and you are saying in the court that you have committed this crime in self-defense, then for that you have to give so many proofs which according to me is very difficult to collect. This is a bitter truth.