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Re:The Caging of America by foxylad on Sunday March 11, 2012 @08:54PM (#3691874)
As I age, I realise that time speeds by faster. A year in prison now would a much smaller punishment than when I was in my teens, when a year seemed like forever.

Perhaps we need an age-related transform to prison sentences.

Re:The Caging of America by hvass on Sunday March 11, 2012 @08:56PM (#3691879)
Engage in novel activities - time "speeding up" is pretty common as you age. Read about it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1223225...
Re:The Caging of America by crusso on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:53PM (#3692011)
Why would we want to take the perceptions of the criminal into account when sentencing?
Re:The Caging of America by berntb on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:58PM (#3692027)
It is totally opposite, a year is much more precious to me now.

Count the number of good years you have left, with the health+energy to do what you want. I heard this week that the knees are failing on a relative of a friend, which is my age.

When you were young, the years stretched in front of you, endlessly.

These days I think things like "Japan is so fascinating that I would love to live there a while, but I just can't use a work year to learn the language and the writing system. I need that time for other things."