Sodom was city overrun with sin, so God wanted to see the city destroyed. However a man named Abraham pleaded with the Lord and settled with him that if he were able to find 50 righteous people living in the city then he would not see it destroyed. They come to an agreement that God would not destroy the city if he could find ten righteous people. God sent two angels to the city of Sodom to find the ten righteous people, however when they got to the city they were only able to find Lot who was feeding and housing the people. A group of men arrived at the home of Lot and demanded that the angels would have sex with them, instead Lot offered up his two daughters which enraged the group. The angels protected Lot when the men came for him and told him to bring his family so that they too may be spared as God was going to destroy the city. Lot's son-in-laws laughed at Lot's pleas to come with his family and be spared, and stayed behind. Lot was told to flee the city with his daughters and wife and not look back. Lot's wife didn't listen and was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back. The three soon arrived in the city of Zoar and were safe from the destruction of the city.
Unfair punishment does exist and always will. We live in a world full of inequality and with that comes unfair treatment of people-punishment included. Whenever someone commits a crime the victim is going to want some sort of punishment as retribution for the committed crime. In this story the entire city is destroyed as a result of the actions of a few. Everyone had to pay regardless of being involved or not.
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