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> These people are criminals and belong in prison, hopefully for life. Why such a strong punishment? I can see wanting to punish them harshly enough that they
by CoastalCoder 4y ago
> These people are criminals and belong in prison, hopefully for life.
Why such a strong punishment?
I can see wanting to punish them harshly enough that they'll never do it again, and maybe to dissuade others as well. But lifetime imprisonment seems to go well beyond that.
- newjersey 4y ago
- Apocryphon 4y agoAh, New Jersey, that bastion of law and order, where crime must be organized or it cannot happen at all.
- dang 4y ago"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." a.k.a. please don't feed the trolls https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- CoastalCoder 4y agoThanks. I didn't flag it because it was the only comment arguing the law and order angle.
- dang 4y agoThat's fine, but please don't feed it by replying. Internet fulmination about life imprisonment is not curious conversation.