[BenLurkin]

I respectfully beg to differ. Eye for eye is not compensatory damages. Compensatory means that the victim has been recompensed ("made whole"). Removing the eye of the perpetrator does no restore an eye to the victim.

In our civil system compensation is strictly monetary in an amount determined by jury. Criminals are fined or incarcerated — and may be required to remunerate (pay a cash award to) their victims.

[goseminoles]

I was using the term loosely. Compensatory damages could however pay for an eye replacement. I was being partly sarcastic.