3 ms·
There's little connection between violent and non-violent crimes other than them both being crimes. I didn't make any claim about violent crimes so I'm not sure
by endisneigh 5y ago
There's little connection between violent and non-violent crimes other than them both being crimes. I didn't make any claim about violent crimes so I'm not sure why you even mentioned the death penalty.
The reality is, if you see these articles, average the restitution and see that in general you only pay 50% of what you illegally gained, there's little deterrence.
- stonemetal12 5y agoWho said anything about violent crimes? He brought up that in Victorian England pickpocketing (a non violent crime) carried the death penalty. Even with the ultimate punishment pickpocketing still happened.
- endisneigh 5y agoThis is misleading because at the same time hundreds of other types of crimes, violent and non-violent could also result in the death penalty. Not to mention that was centuries ago and circumstances were very different. What punishment has completely stopped crime? No punishment can completely stop a crime from occurring, but the problem with insider trading is that the punishment doesn't even get back what was taken, so in a way you're rewarded, not punished.