I couldn't agree more. And, your true statement is perfectly consistent with what I consider to be the most misappropriated verse in the whole Bible: "Judge not lest ye be judged."
I agree with you wholeheartedly about that!
Thinking on this further, I believe Jesus addressed the difference when he mentioned the duty of His followers to visit the imprisoned. He clearly recognized that rightly judging actions would lead to some being imprisoned, while at the same time, rightly declining to judge persons, or souls, required Christians to minister to prisoners with the love of Christ.
Father McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was noted for his prison ministry, and for accompanying condemned prisoners to the gallows. He didn't see any conflict between the duty of the state to protect the peaceable and law-abiding from harm, and the duty of the Church to continue to offer Christ's love and forgiveness to the legally condemned, up to the last moment of life.