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In the past, these people were usually in prison for a long stay. But we just had a person go threaten the life of a judge, leave to go commit two armed robberi
by merpnderp 3y ago
In the past, these people were usually in prison for a long stay. But we just had a person go threaten the life of a judge, leave to go commit two armed robberies, after just getting out of prison after serving one year of a five year sentence for double attempted murder.
We just don't put monsters in prison nearly as much as we should.
- reverius42 3y agoAnd yet a seriously large number of people are in prison in the US these days, at any given time! Do we just have more monsters than before?
- merpnderp 3y agoSince peaking in 2009, the US prison population has dropped by 2.3% per year, with a 14% drop during COVID. This has gotten a lot of innocent people murdered as there is no theory of justice that can rationalize only giving someone a single year in prison for attempted double murder, especially when that person gets out and immediately goes on to threaten a judge and then later that night does a double armed robbery. As El Salvador shows, yes, you can incarcerate your way out of endemic violent crime.