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For any non-violent crimes we should not send people to prison. I don't even know why it became a criminal matter. Civil courts can do that job really well. If
by timavr 6y ago
For any non-violent crimes we should not send people to prison. I don't even know why it became a criminal matter. Civil courts can do that job really well.
If we prosecute everyone who took information from the previous job, then there will no sales people left. I don't know any SaaS sales person who doesn't take their sales funnel with them.
- wasmitnetzen 6y agoThat would mean that rich people could just do non-violent crime without any real consequences. The risk to be caught is way too small to outweigh the rewards of those crimes. It would still be a benefit for them in the long term.
- CarbyAu 6y agoThe rich already can do a lot without any real consequences. Fines are for poor people. Fines for minor matters should be % based somehow. (I don't know how!) My $150 parking ticket should be their $15,000 parking ticket.
- mitchdoogle 6y agoSome fines in a few countries are based on income, most notably Finland, which has issued fines in the tens of thousands for minor infractions like speeding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine
- jackric 6y agoWhat's your definition of non-violent? I think the following bad behavior deserves jail time: Signal man distracted on TikTok causes train crash Fraudster electronically steals retirement savings Pedophile gets child to do stuff over the internet Driver repeatedly drives drunk, though never hits anyone
- FrozenSynapse 6y agoCorrupt politicians should work without pay for 5-10 years and all wealth confiscated.
- CarbyAu 6y agoI would argue that rules should pay attention to "motivation". When you say the politician should "work", I hope you mean "breaking rocks" or "brick laying" rather than continuing as a politician...