True, but often the outcome often doesn't stop with the punishment.
There once was a Jew who sat in a wheelchair in New York somewhere, well, he passed on.
At his funeral there was a Afro American, (not sure how to say it, dont like saying blackman because there are no blackmen.)
In any case, the other funeral attendees were curious
why he was at the funeral, so one of them asked if he knew the fellow that had passed on.
So he told them,
It was some years ago I broke into his flat in the middle of the night, the guy was up sitting in his wheelchair.
I saw a nice taperecorder which I took and was about to leave when he called to me and said,
if you are going to take the recorder, best you take the lead and plug too.
I was baffled, and he started talking with me, asking
questions it got round to talking about work, I had none at the time.
So he offered me a job, I took it and worked my up to manager,
So you see I am here to pay my respects, he turned my life around.