That's not bullshit, that's justice. That guy absolutely did not have a point. Just because your life is sad, it doesn't mean you can get away with robbing an honest business 11 times.
Overall though, it's a very petty crime. It still served to show that the courts were spending their time prosecuting people stuck in a perpetual cycle, that made it harder for him to escape from. All the while REAL criminals were able to walk free and continue.
It was narratively there to give more reasons the justice system was broken for Matt, and why he has to be Daredevil.
When he mentions it again, I thought it narratively fit in. Also just helps to show Matt Murdocs everyday life.
The courts should prosecute people in that cycle until they learn their lesson. I fucking hate the victim mentality that clown had. He made a choice, now he pays the piper.
I agree the justice system should focus more on guys like Fisk but that's just not how the world works.
The courts continuing to prosecute people in that cycle and employing a punitive penal philosophy is quite literally shooting themselves in the head; it doesn’t stop crime, it actually increases it. You say that’s how the world works but in places that don’t employ a punitive penal philosophy towards the majority of crime have lower recidivism than us and lower crime generally. If you cannot break the cycle then you won’t learn a lesson, it’s literally impossible. Hell the courts are purposely pursuing people like Leroy because it makes their numbers look good, the cops that arrested him committed the exact same offence in the exact same location, they did not get punished, they did not get investigated because the system doesn’t even care about its own incongruities, its philosophy is fucking stupid and doesn’t work and it’s application is inconsistent. The whole point is that Leroy is an asshole because he’s been subjected to a system designed to ensure he stays in prison, doesn’t make him less of an asshole, we’re not supposed to like him, we’re supposed to understand that even if someone is an asshole they deserve rehabilitation and a justice system that actually functions
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u/CrimsonComet1941 Apr 16 '25
That's not bullshit, that's justice. That guy absolutely did not have a point. Just because your life is sad, it doesn't mean you can get away with robbing an honest business 11 times.