Justice

My idea of justice is righting of a wrong. Justice is an ethical view of the world defined in the individual. Therefore, my ethical view of the world is defined by an individual. I did not learn right and wrong from myself. Right and wrong is a perverse euphemsism for self improvement. We act selfishly literally all the time. Every single act in our lives is done to make us feel good in some way. Humans are beings blessed with the torture of emotion and sensitivity. Love is the only gray area. It appears to transcend and is as far for conscious selfishness as any act can be when one does something for the express purpose of advancement of love. But is it not comforting? Is comfort not preferrable to discomfort? Does this not indicate an imperative for the individual to maintain love?
Justice in the sense of punishment for a crime does make us feel better. Revenge is an electric feeling that imbibes our mind in a sense of morality. We cheer for the hero to kill the villian, not reform him, nor understand him. For allegory's sake, we love old western tales of good vs. evil. A problem arises when the sense of stark contrasts between misunderstood polarities permeates the social justice sphere. When the law acts with the brash confidence of a gunslinger, the victim is society's moral core.
"A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser." Poe said it. This is true punishment for a sick mind. Someone incapable of reform, a method we rarely try nowadays, should be taken out of society. A sick mind is confused and when alone it can sort through the confusion. It is a sad fate. Pity the psychopath, but understand him-- at least to the point of discovery of an impossibly depraved mental state.