One way to look at justice in the contemporary world is to think of it from religious texts. The natural rights theory sees human beings as possessing certain moral rights for liberty, life and property. What can happens if people violate these moral rights? Does the aggrieved party have the right to revenge as a way of soliciting for justice on his or her part? The paper explores the answers to these questions by presenting the meaning of justice and vengeance in the contemporary world as set out in the films To Kill a Mocking Bird, Hamlet and The Stoning of Soraya , as well as the New York Times article Justice? Vengeance? You need both. People’s exercise for their fundamental rights ought to have a limitation in case they turn out to violate other people’s rights. Perhaps this brings vengeance justice into perspectives. Is the believe eye for an eye morally right? Should people have permission to take the law in their own hands? The legal justice is somewhat largely inadequate. According to Rosenbaum, another inadequacy of the legal justice lies within its “outright failures” (1). However, advocating for vengeance justice may introduce many constraints especially leading to injustices especially on the wrongdoers’ part. This is particularly significant since emotions and feelings, which lack substantial evidence, more often control and propel revenge. Consequently, the alleged wrongdoer lacks the right for a fair hearing. This is perhaps why “the government warns the citizens not to take justice into their own hands, insisting that the state alone has the duty and the right to punish wrongdoers-pursuit to the social contract” (Rosenbaum 1). However, application of this warning makes people largely discontented. For example, what would wrongdoers such as the man admitting to have intentionally murdered 76 people, many of them being children, deserve? Many would at this point proclaim a death sentence. One can think of justice as the state of conferring one what had been deprived of hi/her to restore the grieved party to state that he or she could have been initially. However, one wonders whether 76 lives can equal to one life. Consequently, revenge does not necessary mean the achievement of justice. People have different perceptions as to what constitutes ample moral justice in the contemporary world. According to Rosenbaum, the actual difference between vengeance and justice is not significant as people think” (1). The variation of the distinctions between time and space is as valid as cultures. Some of these concerns are more often evident in the literarily works of different genres ranging from poetry, short stories, autobiographies, films and novel among others. A good example of these genres includes Killing a mocking bird, Hamlet and Soraya. Produced by Alan Pakula and Directed by Robert Mulligan, Killing a mocking bird is a peculiar cinema masterpiece set within Alabama town. In particular, the movie raises interrogatives on issues pertaining to justice. This setting is perhaps eloquent since the film reflects the depression that existed in Alabama. Its main themes and subthemes conform to the themes contained in the book killing a mocking bird, which forms the basis of the movie. The director addresses issues such as poverty amongst some segregated members of the society. The situation is even aggravated by the eminent racism instance raised by the film. Watching