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You can't retroactively unimprison a man. The time you took from him can never be returned. Anyway, consider this common scenario in America: A man misses hi

You can't retroactively unimprison a man. The time you took from him can never be returned. Anyway, consider this common scenario in America: A man misses his child support payments. Do you, fine him, demanding money he doesn't have, which should otherwise have gone towards his child support payments? That doesn't work. Do you imprison him for a month, so he loses his job and can't make future payments? That harms the kids he's supposed to be making payments to, but is a common 'solution' used by American courts. Better to cane the man and set him free the same day so he can continue to work and pay off his debts.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> can't retroactively unimprison a man. The time you took from him can never be returned. But you can return the time unserved. It’s also easier to turn time into money damages than pain.
- LarryMullins 4y ago
  Money cannot give you back the opportunity to raise your children.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > Money cannot give you back the opportunity to raise your children It can give them a better life. Also, this article cited a star second grader beaten against her parents’ wishes, and where the doctor felt barred from filing a compliant because it was the state that beat her. The state beating kids simply doesn’t make sense.
    - LarryMullins 4y ago
      The simple fact of the matter is that money can neither retroactively unimprison a man, nor can it retroactively unbeat him. If you think it can do one, there's no rational reason it can't do the other. But in truth, it can't do either. Pretending that imprisonment is reversible is just a cowardly way of coping with the possibility of harming an innocent man.
      - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > imprisonment is reversible Straw man. Nobody said this. It’s easier to reverse unserved time. And it’s easier to calculate money damages for mis-spent time.
        LarryMullins 4y ago
        You can calculate a dollar figure for wages missed, but not time lost nor beatings sustained. Better to remove the first harm from the equation altogether.
        JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > can calculate a dollar figure for wages missed, but not time lost nor beatings sustained. Better to remove the first harm from the equation altogether By replacing it with the incalculable latter? What?

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

> can't retroactively unimprison a man. The time you took from him can never be returned. But you can return the time unserved. It’s also easier to turn time into money damages than pain.

LarryMullins 4y ago
Money cannot give you back the opportunity to raise your children.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > Money cannot give you back the opportunity to raise your children It can give them a better life. Also, this article cited a star second grader beaten against her parents’ wishes, and where the doctor felt barred from filing a compliant because it was the state that beat her. The state beating kids simply doesn’t make sense.
  - LarryMullins 4y ago
    The simple fact of the matter is that money can neither retroactively unimprison a man, nor can it retroactively unbeat him. If you think it can do one, there's no rational reason it can't do the other. But in truth, it can't do either. Pretending that imprisonment is reversible is just a cowardly way of coping with the possibility of harming an innocent man.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > imprisonment is reversible Straw man. Nobody said this. It’s easier to reverse unserved time. And it’s easier to calculate money damages for mis-spent time.
      - LarryMullins 4y ago
        You can calculate a dollar figure for wages missed, but not time lost nor beatings sustained. Better to remove the first harm from the equation altogether.
        JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > can calculate a dollar figure for wages missed, but not time lost nor beatings sustained. Better to remove the first harm from the equation altogether By replacing it with the incalculable latter? What?