? In fact, the English original of this famous saying is "Justice delayed is justice denied." The translation is "justice that is late is not justice". But I don't know why it passed around. I may be late, but I won't miss this version. This is simply poisoned chicken soup with arsenic. Because being late means that people have to experience a period of darkness, and this dark experience is enough to torture people to the Jedi. Justice can't heal the shadows and scars left by darkness.
Some late justice even leads to unjust behavior, which causes secondary harm to the victim, just like the story told in the movie Hunting. In the movie Hunting, Lucas is a kindergarten teacher. He is so kind to the children that a little girl named Clara has a crush on him. When Lucas knew about it, she refused the little girl's kindness. Clara, the little girl, said something to the kindergarten to express Lucas' lewdness. It was what the little girl learned from the older students that made Lucas charged with sexual assault on children. The residents of the town also began to reject, target and even beat him. At the same time, there are other children who seem to be obscene by Lucas. They all describe the colors of Lucas' basement, wallpaper and sofa. But Lucas' house didn't have a basement, so after the police investigated Lucas' house, the belated justice finally cleared Lucas. Everything seems to be back to the original beautiful way. Although the justice of being late proved Lucas' innocence, in these days when he was late, the townspeople had long believed that Lucas was the criminal who sexually assaulted children, and he just escaped punishment because of insufficient evidence. And they will kill Lucas' beloved puppy and secretly shoot him to do justice for the delay.
The film reflects the two objects that the phrase "justice may be late, but it will never be absent" confuses-frivolous justice for the bystander and heavy justice for the victim. Victims urgently need a timely justice to alleviate their injuries, not a late justice.
In fact, not only Korean laws have the statute of limitations, but also our legal system has the statute of limitations. The establishment of the limitation of criminal prosecution is also a last resort. After all, judicial resources are limited, and the balance between efficiency and fairness should be taken into account.
Many times, I feel that the phrase "justice may be late, but it will never be absent" is more like a cry of despair and helplessness, just like a person who was hurt by a bad person said that you will definitely get what you deserve.