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Re:The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people by qznc on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:05AM (#6404284)
Deterrence is the only reason. His punishment must at least negate the years of luxury he got from is scam. Nobody should be tempted to repeat it for a few great years at the prize of prison afterwards.
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Re:The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people by jlgreco on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @02:01PM (#6406818)
Frankly, that is impossible to do humanly. How old is he now, and how many years did he live in luxury? You'd need to be waterboarding him or something to strive for some sort of "eye for an eye" equilibrium.
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