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> laws should save more victims then they create This isn't a simple rule at all. How do you quantify this?
by jonfw 7y ago
> laws should save more victims then they create
This isn't a simple rule at all. How do you quantify this?
- singron 7y agoIn particular, the courts usually can't make victims whole in criminal cases. E.g. an eye for an eye doubles the number of eye-less people but cures nobody. You would need to quantify crimes that don't occur because potential criminals are deterred, currently incarcerated, or have been rehabilitated. We can't really measure this without making the law, observing changes in victim rates, and assuming causation.