Someone has murdered someone very close to you. They did so in cold blood, with pre-planning, and with malice.
They are arrested and put on trial.
A supernatural being comes to you and tells you that you must choose between two outcomes (whatever you choose, the court will be influenced to find in that direction by supernatural mechanisms and no appeal will be successful):
Option 1: The murderer gets punished with the harshest sentence in the land (you can decide whether that’s life or death sentence)
Option 2: The murderer gets sent down a path of rehabilitation and restorative justice. After 3 years, they are free to walk again. Please assume that you have pre-existing knowledge that if you pick Option 2, the murderer’s rehabilitated state will be genuine in that for the rest of their lives, they will literally never break the law again. Under this option, they feel genuine remorse while being able to contribute productively to both the economy and society. After a while, they are able to lead a normal life.
Which option will you choose? Please assume that both options are somehow legally defensible outcomes in the hypothetical “land” and that your foreknowledge of the future for Option 2 is genuine.
Please justify.