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It's also completely abandoning any notion of rehabilitation. Prison, in no sense, rehabilitates people, but at least some level of redemption should be possibl
by jfoutz 11y ago
It's also completely abandoning any notion of rehabilitation. Prison, in no sense, rehabilitates people, but at least some level of redemption should be possible. It seems as though prison no longer pays back the convict's debt to society.
- tptacek 11y agoThere may be no approach to rehabilitating serial child rapists that will not in some way shock our conscience.
- jfoutz 11y agoThen make it capital offense, or a life sentence. I'd be willing to accept that certain kinds of criminals can't be rehabilitated. But (apparently) some jury of his peers decided 15 years + psychiatric care was enough. I don't care so much what the rules are, I care that the rules are consistent