This article considers the relevance of several kinds of post-offense events for the justice of punishment under a fair-play account of retributivism. If the justice of punishment depends on something like an offender-centered tally of benefits and burdens, it may be difficult to explain why offenders should be punished by a criminal justice system in situations where they have been punished privately or have lost the relevant benefits they may have received from their offenses. My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? \u27Forgive me my foul murder? That cannot be; since I am still possess\u27d Of those effects for which I did the murder, My crown, mine own ambition and my queen. May one be pardon\u27d and retain the...
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