We would be a happier people if we made more clear the distinction between sin and crime. Sin is an offense against God.
Crime is an offense against man.
Most crimes are also sins, because God tends to judge our devotion to Him by how we treat our fellow men. But relatively few sins are, or ought to be, crimes. God will one day judge sinners in a court of His choosing. It smacks of double jeopardy to punish sinners in temporal courts as well. Our system of government is derived from the principles of Protestant Christianity.