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A comment on FBI director's speech at U. Chicago Law School. Parent comment

Re:FBI director's speech at U. Chicago Law School by DanBC on Sunday October 25, 2015 @04:22PM (#10448244)
Given that the US incarcerates more than any other nation (however you measure that), and assuming you're correct[1] would you then say that more prison is needed? Or would you say that prison clearly isn't working, and maybe we should try something that is cheaper, provides better justice to the victims of crime, reduces recidivism, and doesn't destroy the lives of criminals or their relatives?

[1] that you see many criminals, and that the US has a shockingly massive crime problem

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Re:FBI director's speech at U. Chicago Law School by hugh4 on Sunday October 25, 2015 @09:51PM (#10449251)
I certainly think that corporal punishment is an idea worth revisiting for minor crimes, and that perhaps we could expand the use of the death penalty for repeat offenders, but these ideas have fallen out of fashion too.
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Re:FBI director's speech at U. Chicago Law School by DanBC on Monday October 26, 2015 @09:23AM (#10451200)
...they fell out of fashion because they don't work, let alone that they're horrific human rights abuses.
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