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”Whatever wrong done to "society" as a whole should be subordinate to that, IMO.”

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding as to what your standing, in a criminal complaint, is. You seem to think that if a crime is committed against you then the state, represented by the prosecutor, is there to be your personnel attorney. That simply is not true.

The state is there, again through the prosecutor, to represent the interest of the people as a whole, not you individually. You just happen to be the focal point of the issue. Hence, that is why when a complaint is drafted in a criminal proceeding, it reads, The People vs., or The State of California vs, not Thomas Jefferson vs.

Criminal Law. The substantive criminal law is that law which for the purpose of preventing harm to society. Blacks Law Dictionary, 5th Edition pg. 337

Criminal prosecution. An action or proceeding instituted in a proper court on behalf of the public, for the purpose of securing the conviction and punishment of one accused of crime. Blacks Law Dictionary, 5th Edition pg. 337

Because of being the victim of a crime, you suffer financial loss; it is your reasonability to recoup those losses, which is accomplished by filing a civil action. Not by using the state, and hence my tax dollars, to have the state act as your personal attorney. So in short, the states primary function is to represent the interest of the people, and thus their security, not their financial interest. . .

You seem to think that if a crime is committed against you then the state, represented by the prosecutor, is there to be your personnel attorney.

That is your characterization, not mine. But it's not me who has a fundamental misunderstanding, it is you. That is to say, you misunderstand what my comments on this issue were about. They were not about how it is, but rather how I think it should be. I think that the people of the state and the people of the society would be better served by doing it the way I think it should be, not how it is. We can disagree on that, but it is, what it is. And it is my opinion and simply personal speculation, so while you may disagree, it cannot be wrong.

I thought I had been clear about that because of my frequent use of the term, "IMO", during my posts.

On to the next thing, Regards TJ