This reading indicates a very difficult situation, friend. All decent people have a tendency toward leniency, but when the facts of a situation are clear-cut, and a grievous wrong has been committed, strong corrective action must be taken. Such action may take the form of punishment to those who have committed the offense. In such cases, bear in mind that the first job of the administrator of punishment is to see that the punishment be effective. In other words, that it serve its highest intended purpose -- to cause the offenders to understand the wrong they have committed, and prevent them from committing it in the future.
