The core objective of the law is to maintain social order, protect the rights and interests of citizens, and ensure justice and fairness. In the process, the law should indeed make the cost of crime higher as a way to deter potential offenders and reduce the occurrence of criminal behavior. At the same time, the law should do its best to avoid making innocent people or good people pay too much.
In order to achieve this goal, laws should be designed and enforced with a focus on balance and fairness. On the one hand, for perpetrators, the law should impose appropriate penalties to ensure that they pay the price for their actions, which includes not only criminal penalties such as imprisonment and fines, but also civil compensation to compensate the victims for the losses suffered. Such a system design can act as a deterrent by ensuring that the cost of crime becomes higher.
On the other hand, the law should also protect innocent people from injustice. This includes ensuring the fairness of the judicial process, safeguarding the rights and freedoms of citizens, and taking into account the personal circumstances and motives of the offender in conviction and sentencing. In this way, the law minimizes the cost of a good person for committing a crime.
In short, the law should strive to find a balance between maintaining social order and protecting the rights and interests of citizens. By making crime more expensive and protecting innocent people, the law can more effectively achieve its goals and create a more just and safer environment for society.