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Re:Serial art thief arrested again by sandworm101 on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:14PM (#19177024)
General deterance. It makes it clear to others that destruction of evidence can be far worse than the crime you are attempting to hide.
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Re:Serial art thief arrested again by growse on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:33AM (#19177402)
"If only we lock up this one more person, _then_ it'll finally be clear."

How's prison working out as a deterrent, generally?

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Re:Serial art thief arrested again by pexaizix on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:15AM (#19177865)
It works fine. Just because some people can't stop themselves from committing crimes, that doesn't mean the general public doesn't respect deterrents.

There are so many things I wouldn't do because I know I'd get in trouble.

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