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I suppose "forgiveness" is not well defined here.
I didn't parse her as saying his killer should go free and live his best material life from this point forward. More like she does not hold hate in her heart towards him nor is pursuing a campaign to punish him with maximum suffering.
A good Christian is not necessarily compelled to stop by he wheels of justice from grinding him to bits if the operators so deem it necessary. I think they very much see the functions of the state as a bit distinct from their religion and something that they needn't overly concern themselves with.
Yes, but somebody needs to make the wheels of justice grind. And for those people, forgiveness may not be the best priority. I agree that those may not be the concern of the widow, but they are certainly a concern for me as a member of the society, which wants the criminals like this murderer ground very thinly.
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