@hime was busy earlier so gave a half assed answer
basically wanted to also add that your question is more gated toward what i think. you'll find what i think about the hypothetical rapist aligns closer to what you think about beta. but there will always be another party comprised of defense lawyers and justice system that process things differently. criminals also have rights. we as victims dont have the right to rob them of their freedom if they served their sentence
WG follows a made up justice system that is i think is due for some amendments. first the mods have too much subjective powers to do anything they deem proper. this needs to be limited by some guidelines. a proper constitution needs to be put in place. right now WG operates in a system like imagine if the cops just look at the criminals and decide what they want the punishment to be based on what they think, not based on a pre defined criteria
i.e one rapist can get 3 years in prison, another gets lifetime, and the only difference is the cop hated the guts of one of them, or maybe was simply in a better mood. point is this is unjust. and unfortunately this is how WG justice system operates. we dont have an established constitution to govern the governments (mods) actions.