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There is the fact that criminals are less able to commit further crimes while in prison. It's not foolproof by any means, but I'm kind of comforted by the fact
by Natsu 11y ago
There is the fact that criminals are less able to commit further crimes while in prison.
It's not foolproof by any means, but I'm kind of comforted by the fact that the man who deliberately ambushed and murdered mom with a hammer, then later threatened to do something like that to grandma cannot, in fact, pay us a visit barring some failure of the prison system.
- duaneb 11y ago> There is the fact that criminals are less able to commit further crimes while in prison. This presupposes we catch the criminals. This doesn't really match up with reality—it's actually quite difficult to get any conviction from some murder cases, for instance. In a limited sense, what happens to the individual doesn't matter nearly as much as laws affect crime rates.
- Natsu 11y agoI was pointing out that prison, as a sentence, serves a use beyond mere retribution. The fact that some criminals are never caught is not relevant to that claim.