> this will help to dissuade any future persons from trying to do the same thing How will this dissuade anyone? Evidence shows that someone else being punished

> this will help to dissuade any future persons from trying to do the same thing How will this dissuade anyone? Evidence shows that someone else being punished does not dissuade people. And basically nothing happened to Miller except that they took away his toys. And the story was pretty much buried. If anything all of that should entice, not dissuade.