Does It Matter? (punishment, soul, verse)

[Super Universe]

Lets say you are walking home from work in the big city and you pass an alleyway and see someone laying hurt. You try to help, she's barely breathing, you run for help then return to the woman.

The paramedics come and the police, you leave a statement then go on home.

A few days later the police arrest you for rape and battery of the woman. No one comes to your defense because you are pretty much a loner.

The woman lies in a coma for weeks then passes on while you are tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison.

Twenty years later you die in prison and not a single person believed you were innocent.

Here's the question, does it matter that you really did not commit the crime?

[doppelgänger]

I would hope it matters to you. Though it probably doesn't matter to anyone else. The world is full of true stories just like this. Few bother to listen to them though.

[GeneCosta]

There are two subjective reasons I have for saying yes.

One being, and this is entirely situational [and perhaps out of the realm of the question], history clears you of the crime. Although you can not sit on the fruits of public knowledge while dead, your name and/or ancestors will. Your case could also be used to influence the public into taking a deeper look at convictions. After all, how would this come about without any witness?

The second reason I say yes is a personal one. Inner peace. Knowing you did not commit the crime you are convicted of, and accepting that fact, you can live your life differently than someone struck with guilt. You probably saved this woman's life. How many people in this world live Shakespeare? I have not been placed in such a situation, but I suspect someone who allowed this woman to die has a much harder time finding internal peace.

[wizanda]

Do you know what prison life is like?.........
Sitting waiting for 20 years, knowing you didn't do it, would do you loads of harm, it would make you angry, frustrated, trapped and so strike out unless disciplined to let go and serve Oneness instead.....
So would it matter??.......can you imagine you would be thinking, "why did i help them"....so no good for the soul either as you would be walking into more Ego and less Oneness....
Thxz for the question just realized why i keep flipping generally, don't feel like Yeshua died for peoples for a reason, it was murder and people call that sacrifice....witnessing it in a vision again, has made me all that list, for some reason and still trying to work out why....
So Maybe also great, great grand children would also still feel remorse and hurt by the whole thing also, at the injustice…

[kadzbiz]

Originally Posted by Super Universe

Lets say you are walking home from work in the big city and you pass an alleyway and see someone laying hurt. You try to help, she's barely breathing, you run for help then return to the woman. The paramedics come and the police, you leave a statement then go on home. A few days later the police arrest you for rape and battery of the woman. No one comes to your defense because you are pretty much a loner. The woman lies in a coma for weeks then passes on while you are tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty years later you die in prison and not a single person believed you were innocent. Here's the question, does it matter that you really did not commit the crime?

Does it matter to whom? Me doing the time? Absolutely. Relatives of the victim? Sure, they feel a perpetrator has been dealt with, taken off the street. The cops? Sure, they felt they've done their job well. The courts? Sure, they feel justice has been served.

But how would this happen anyway? What evidence have I been found guilty on? What was my lawyer doing? DNA should've absolved me anyway.

[Ozzie]

Originally Posted by Super Universe

Lets say you are walking home from work in the big city and you pass an alleyway and see someone laying hurt. You try to help, she's barely breathing, you run for help then return to the woman.

The paramedics come and the police, you leave a statement then go on home.

A few days later the police arrest you for rape and battery of the woman. No one comes to your defense because you are pretty much a loner.

The woman lies in a coma for weeks then passes on while you are tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison.

Twenty years later you die in prison and not a single person believed you were innocent.

Here's the question, does it matter that you really did not commit the crime?

This sort of example matters a great deal in arguing against capital punishment. I heard an horrendous story recently coming from the US about a guy wrongly accused of shooting a State Trooper whose head caught on fire whilst in the electric chair. Since then they resort to lethal injection. But what difference does method make to someone wrongly accused?

[kadzbiz]

Originally Posted by Ozzie

This sort of example matters a great deal in arguing against capital punishment.....

Good point, although I do think there are times when it should be carried out.

[Ciscokid]

Originally Posted by Super Universe

Lets say you are walking home from work in the big city and you pass an alleyway and see someone laying hurt. You try to help, she's barely breathing, you run for help then return to the woman.

The paramedics come and the police, you leave a statement then go on home.

A few days later the police arrest you for rape and battery of the woman. No one comes to your defense because you are pretty much a loner.

The woman lies in a coma for weeks then passes on while you are tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison.

Twenty years later you die in prison and not a single person believed you were innocent.

Here's the question, does it matter that you really did not commit the crime?

I would think only for family and friends. They are the ones that will be impacted.

[Terrywoodenpic]

It matters to eve