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Re:The Dungeons and Dragons Players of Death Row by simonh on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:33AM (#37336907)
Do you think that all or most the crimes condemned prisoners in the US are currently convicted of actually rise to the level where you agree that it's appropriate?

>The rest of the world is letting crime run rampant on their streets through lenient sentencing...

There is extensive evidence that the severity of punishment has very little to no effect on crime rates. It's simply not something criminals generally consider when actually committing crimes.

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Re:The Dungeons and Dragons Players of Death Row by crazygecko on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:52AM (#37337173)
that's because most of the "criminals" who end in prison are really victims of their society which failed them; their actions are usually impulsive, not calculated, so deterrence is largely useless. True criminals (those who do shit in cold blood for money and power) rarely go to prison.
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