Re:The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime"
by mjn on Saturday January 12, 2013 @09:08PM
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Perhaps I've gone soft-European after living in Denmark for a bit now, but putting people in jail for double-digit numbers of years as the reduced sentences for nonviolent crimes seems bizarrely harsh. IIRC, studies don't find that particularly long sentences really increase the deterrent effect, either.
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