Justice

I heard this at a talk I went to given by John Westerhoff III, the author of "Will Our Children Have Faith", he said, "Justice is giving people what they need, not what they deserve, what they deserve may not be what they need."
Punishment does not usually change people but transforming people's lives is what they need....
He was speaking of it in regards to the prison system but it is also true on so many other levels and other issues in life!
That statement was pretty powerful to me.