Too much mercy....Often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
Agatha Christie (1890-1976), English mystery writer

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr.

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is
 said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains
 undone."--Confucius