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That possibility is one I take into consideration.. That there was no murder.. But still, stealing another's SOUL is still stealing. That's a crime. And what's important isn't that murder HAS happened, but that it COULD. After all, it's legal to arrest someone who hasn't YET commited a crime, if it was very clear that they were GOING to.

You're supposed to put guard rails BEFORE anybody falls, not after. Same thing with the Barrier. It's a method of protection of the entire human species from the possibility of a tyrant monster taking hold of this power.