crime and punishment theme
What acts are to be criminal, how they should be punished and otherwise handled, and their impact on society in general are discussed.
Examples
In blackmirror2x02 "White Bear", the viewer is made to ponder several ethical dilemmas regarding the treatment of putative criminals. The woman did not remember her crime. Moreover, her punishment was turned into a public spectacle, if not for profit certainly for fame. Her punishment was certainly both cruel and unusual.
15 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror2x02 | choice | We are made to ponder several ethical dilemmas regarding the treatment of putative criminals. The woman did not remember her crime. Moreover, her punishment was turned into a public spectacle, if not for profit certainly for fame. Her punishment was certainly cruel and unusual. |
| blackmirror3x03 | choice | In the end we have to reflect on what treatment is just for pedophiles, racists, and philanderers. |
| movie: Hang Em High (1968) | choice | The story concerned how criminals ought to be punished in 19:th century Oklahoma when there was not enough resources to run a functioning contemporary court system. |
| ahp6x25 | major | At the heart of the story is the legal dilemma around whether mild mannered Ben deserved any of the legal punishment that was lawfully meted out to him. |
| blackmirror3x06 | major | We are made to ponder whether the online haters got what they justly deserved. |
| tftc1989e6x01 | major | The Stueksville justice system meted out draconian punishments for petty criminal offenses. |
| tz1959e2x12 | major | Central to the story was whether Gallegos really deserved to hang for his drunken indiscretion that so tragically result in a girl's death. |
| voy2x16 | major | The story involved a lengthy debate about how to treat the cold hearted killer Lon. Keeping him in the brig for the remainder of a decades long journey hardly seemed appropriate. Execution was mooted and rejected. He was put under indefinite house arrest in his quarters, in the end. |
| voy2x26 | major | The viewer is made to ponder about whether efforts should be made to rehabilitate the psychopathic killer Lon or whether he should simply be punished for his crime. |
| ahp2x19 | minor | Judge noted that no jury would convict him if he shot Donaldson, and reflected "that is not the law but just how it is" or something along those lines. |