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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by wbl on Monday September 02, 2019 @12:29PM (#20860098)
Most criminals don't commit crimes as they get older. The idea of lifelong criminality is a myth. The certainty of a sentence is more important then its duration, so these harsh sentences aren't deterring crime as effectively as having more cops would.
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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by SamReidHughes on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:54PM (#20861094)
The purpose of the harsh sentence in three strikes laws isn't to deter crime, it's to lock people up who are apparently undeterrable.
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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by EliRivers on Monday September 02, 2019 @03:13PM (#20861204)
Crazy, isn't it. If deterrence appears not to work, let's pick the most expensive, wasteful alternative we can find! Taxpayers get a bad deal, society gets a bad deal, everyone involved gets a bad deal. I suppose that's what we get if the point isn't to make a better society but rather to indulge people's revenge fantasies and messed up sense of satisfaction.
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