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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by Zababa on Monday October 25, 2021 @05:30PM (#28993380)
> Calling the police is only about striking the perpetrator with violence, hoping that it would equalize the karma levels.

Or, you know, prevent them from doing crimes again.

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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by mulmen on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:15PM (#28994935)
Rehabilitation is clearly not a high priority in the US Justice system. See: outcomes.

It's a vengeance based system.

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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by ineedasername on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:19PM (#28996039)
vengeance

Unfortunately. But the criminal still can't commit crimes while in prison though. Vengeance just also means that solving the problem of any individual criminal is usually only temporary.

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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by mulmen on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:46AM (#28998320)
Well there can still be rehabilitation with captivity. The US system just doesn’t prioritize that. We prefer punishment, even though outcomes are worse for everyone.
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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by ineedasername on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:30AM (#28999003)
Agreed. There are things like GED and college programs, but they can have long waiting lists. Makes it a bit ironic if you have to commit a crime bad enough to get a multi-year sentence to get into an education program in prison. There more to rehabilitation though, and exclusion from a vast number of jobs after getting out of jail doesn't really help the rehab process.
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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by elzbardico on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:49PM (#28995503)
inmates have found that is pretty hard to commit the same crimes that put them in jail while they are behind the bars.

It should count for anything.

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Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names... by mulmen on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:47AM (#28998333)
Until they get out, have no life skills and no prospects because they have been excluded from society then re-offend and the cycle continues.
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