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Role Of Punishment In The Holocaust

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In the ongoing topic on weather or not to punish those who’ve been deemed a war criminal in the holocaust, it can be hard to pick a side. One example would be that lots of time has passed, many believe that it is wrong to punish them for something that happened more than 80 years ago. On the other side of the debate, people believe that the criminals should still be held accountable for their actions in prior years, “Had these criminals been prosecuted decades ago, when they were far younger, the importance of the effort to bring them to justice would not have been questioned (Zuroff)”. This implies that the criminals should be treated the same as if they had just committed the crime, which in all cases of murder or theft, no matter how long

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