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> How about a sentence of 20 to life? A punishment similar to murder for breaking & entering and theft?! Picture this: you catch a group in the act, they now
by dspillett 5y ago
> How about a sentence of 20 to life?
A punishment similar to murder for breaking & entering and theft?!
Picture this: you catch a group in the act, they now have a choice: 20 to life if they leave you alive and able to report who they are or kidnap/maim/kill you so they have less chance of getting identified (if they are, the punishment is no worse, if they aren't they get away: so the range of possibilities is 50% better).
- josephcsible 5y agoFine, make it 10-20 instead. But clearly the punishments we have now are too lenient to be effective.
- dspillett 5y ago> Fine, make it 10-20 instead. Would still push people towards the worse crime to cover their tracks I expect, and wouldn't be a full deterrent because it doesn't account for people acting under duress that is more dangerous in their mind than what the law is threatening. Furthermore, there is a cost to keeping someone locked up for 10-to-20. Do you want to pay that out of your taxes? Because that is where it would come from. > But clearly the punishments we have now are too lenient to be effective. People still steal in places where the punishment is losing a hand or being stoned to death. What do you propose that would be a greater deterrent than those?