Justice should not become entertainment.

There is real pleasure in watching someone be judged, and that pleasure quietly changes what people want from the process. Once punishment becomes something to consume, the appetite grows beyond the harm, the details get sharpened for effect, and the person at the centre becomes material rather than a party to something serious.

Notice when you are enjoying an account of someone being held to account. It does not make you a bad person. It is just worth knowing which part of you is watching.