city of refuge, n.All

City of refuge (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠protection of the innocent that is also punishment of the objectively guilty — both at once, for the half-guilty and half-innocent.