On March 13, 1964, a woman named "Kitty Genovese" was stabbed by an unknown psychopath on the street near her home in New York City. As she was brutally murdered for 35 minutes, 38 neighbors witnessed the crime scene. Despite her desperate plea for help, none of them had offered her any help. Even after the criminal left, only one neighbor called the police, but when the police arrived she was already dead. This incident is known as "Genovese Syndrome", which refers to a social phenomenon in which a person is less likely to offer help to another person in danger. It is also known as the "bystander effect" and is becoming a serious problem in a modern society where individualism is spreading among people. The Good Samaritan law is enacted to punish bystanders and protect members of society. Despite its good purpose, bystanders should not be punished with this law as it violates the principles established by law, burdens society and is not a fundamental solution. First of all, the Good Samaritan law is an invasion of principles that are protected by law. It invades the Eighth Amendment of human rights. According to the United States Constitution, the Eighth Amendment protects against unusual punishment. With the exception of the Good Samaritan law, no such law punishes people who have done nothing to cause criminal acts. Laws exist to punish those who commit crimes, not witnesses. Since the Good Samaritan law punishes these innocent witnesses, it would be an unusual punishment. Furthermore, it is an intrusion of the Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy. As stated in the United States Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment is the protection of the “fair… middle of the paper… aid to victims, sincerely motivated by their own will. Therefore, through re-education, there would be a lower recidivism rate and higher morality than before, making society a place more worth living in. The bystander effect is a serious problem in our society and something must be done to solve it. There have been attempts to solve this problem and one of them is the Good Samaritan law. Although its purpose is to prevent the bystander effect, bystanders should not be punished by law because it interferes with the principles of the constitution, burdens society and does not fundamentally solve the problem. The solution should instead be re-education, which would not only resolve the bystander effect but also raise the level of people's moral standards. After all, it seems that re-education is the best solution that can replace the Good Samaritan law.