According to "NewsforJAx.com", a navy veteran by the name Elisha Dawkins has been arrested on the account of passport fraud. At first glance, just the phrase "passport fraud" might seem sufficient to suspect that there is some illegal activity going on consisting of possible narcotics trafficking and the like. The tragedy of the situation is instead a mistake on the part of the veteran, the likes of which should never have taken place in the beginning.
We have become, for better or for worse, a nation that prosecutes whomever might break the law, giving the offender the highest punishment without any consideration of his actual predicament. To put it bluntly, the law was used not to carefully scrutinize the damage incurred in the so called "fraud" but instead used to prosecute the "fraud" committed for the sake of the law in the place of justice.
If Justice was implemented, the courts and other related authorities would have noticed that what occurred was not some evil intent, but simply human error. Instead you have characters in roles such as prosecutors and judges obeying the law for the law's sake but not for the sake of justice. One example that comes to mind is a pothead serving the same time as a rapist... Of course there actions were against the law, but does that make their exact same sentence just for the sake of the pothead?
Not too long ago, I knew someone who committed reckless driving. The judge noticed this individuals record and saw no prior crimes committed, and dropped the infraction from reckless to speeding, just a hair below reckless. This kid got off the hook once for his inexperience and naivete of the recklessness of his actions, however, if her were to commit the same infraction again, justice will catch up with him.
All in all, reason and justice must accompany the law, not for the sake of the law, but for society's sake.
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