Originally Posted by
DoesntMatter 
The marijuana trafficker, because he broke a law, will go to jail but it would not be right to look down upon him.
Doesn't that mean he
deserves more respect than is commonly given to him?
I just don't see it, man. The argument you originally stated would make no need for law, because there would be no moral ground for it to stand upon.
A rapists deserves to be jailed because the victim doesn't deserve it.