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A comment on Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires Collective Effort. Parent comment

Re:Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires... by xyzzyz on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:40AM (#29963958)
US also has, like, heck of a lot more crime than Denmark. We don’t arrest and jail people for the hell of it.
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Re:Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires... by beefield on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:01AM (#29964071)
And based on comments here, it seems that many of you guys seriously think that a solution is... arresting and jailing more people? Somehow brings mind the quote about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

And from my European point of view, the three strikes thing is pretty much a definition of jailing people for the hell of it.

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Re:Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires... by throwaway1777 on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:10AM (#29964120)
If someone committed the same crime in Europe you would put them in jail too, would you not?
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Re:Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires... by beefield on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:49AM (#29964343)
Context was how to reduce crime, not whether a specific crime should yield jail time.
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Re:Union Pacific Addresses LA Cargo Thefts; Problem Requires... by xyzzyz on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:46AM (#29964313)
Yes, that’s how the European country I moved to US from deals with crime. US is insanely lenient toward petty criminals compared to Europe.
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