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3. Military standards of justice & social objectives
 
  Article 17-Punishment and honor  
17.1 Punishment and honor  
  Evil begets evil. Injustice breeds injustice. A system that creates concentrations of evil in the form of barbaric prisons and executes citizens against its will is an unjust society that will never find peace and resolution in responding to offence.
  
  For a system to be fair and just, for an offence to be resolved as wisely as possible, the entire nature of punishment versus the remorse and willingness of the offender to atone and reform needs to be considered.
  
  Any organization of honor ensure that within its own code it makes clear what is considered the highest standard, what is considered the values to be followed, what constitutes honor and what befalls those who disgrace the code and color of their uniform.
 
  While unlawful behaviour by any member of the armed forces should rightfully entail harsh penalties, no penalty in history is greater than when a member of a esprit de corps is drummed out for dishonoring the unit.  
17.2 Absolution and penitence  
  The sentencing of punishment for offences committed shall always be based on the principle of the convicted offender having a choice between a punishment relating to a program of eventual absolution or a punishment program relating to a period of penitence.
  
  A choice of absolution shall always be associated with a convicted offenders public admission of guilt and remorse for the offence and willingness to atone. In response the punishment should be commensurate with the offence but with the opportunity of eventual absolution.
  
  In contrast, an absence of guilt, or genuine remorse shall always be associated with penitence and with longer periods of incarceration.
  
  Recognizing the encouragement of honor within the armed forces, a person who admits guilt early, without the expense and complexity of a court hearing, has duly redeemed their honor in part, and therefore should be eligible for penitence, whereas a person who shows cowardice in rejecting charges to which they are guilty shall never be provided this opportunity/  
     
 
 

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