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One can be a mistake. Two is recidivism, it's bad but we can give you another chance. Three: you blew it. Do not pass go, go directly to jail

• mulmen 3y ago
  Go directly to jail. Like… Monopoly? It still feels arbitrary to me. If two is recidivism then so is three right? So is three be life? That doesn’t seem right. Shouldn’t we be trying to minimize recidivism?
  • philwelch 3y ago
    If you wanted to minimize recidivism you’d have a life sentence for every crime.
    • mulmen 3y ago
      Only if we ignore crimes committed in prison.
      • philwelch 3y ago
        Solitary confinement and/or death penalty then. Obviously, minimizing recidivism isn’t our only requirement.
  • concordDance 3y ago
    I think the idea is that a "good" person can still have a (small) rate of criminality. If you kill after one crime you'll kill many good people, if you do so after 2 you'll still kill good people. But the odds of a good person committing 3 crimes are low enough to go for it.