What is justice?

And the answer is that it's one of those Humpty Dumpty words - it means whatever you want it to mean.  The question has arisen again because a professional footballer, who was convicted of rape and released from prison having served half his sentence (which is standard procedure provided you've behaved yourself whilst inside) is due to go back to playing for his club.  So "[He] gets early release and a new contract... victim gets scarred for life..." as one blogger put it.  Fair?  But that's another Humpty Dumpty word.  I imagine there are plenty of people who would like to see him have his bits chopped off and be thrown in prison for life.  On the other hand there are those who point out that the girl involved was blind drunk - indeed this is the basis of the conviction, that she was too drunk to have consented - and must accept some responsibility for getting in that condition and for anything that happened as a result. The waters are somewhat muddied by the fact that the girl, who has apparently moved away and tried to change her name, has been "outed" on the internet (no suggestion as far as I am aware that the footballer had any hand in that) and that he is appealing his conviction - which of course is his right under the law.  So - justice??  The verdict, as they say, is yours.