I can assure you that people have indeed suffered for it. There are crimes that leave scars that never heal, and I can promise you with absolute certainty that there are people who suffer every second of every day that their abuser gets to live. I have known and worked with way too many of them to write them off like that.
The countries you speak of by and large also have structures in place to prevent crime. If you want to discuss terrible practices which are inconsistently applied in the US, this is going to be a very long conversation.
