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people who can't control themselves are /also/ victims: We tried that approach for the last 60 years. Sit through a docket to witness for yourself its efficacy
by tiahura 2y ago
people who can't control themselves are /also/ victims:
We tried that approach for the last 60 years. Sit through a docket to witness for yourself its efficacy.
- FireBeyond 2y agoCorporal and capital punishment don't reduce crime. All they do is give people - often people who have no involvement or had no impact from the crime - the feeling of vengeance. Except it's the criminal justice system, not the criminal vengeance system.
- carapace 2y ago> We tried that approach for the last 60 years. Have we really? I'm no expert, I'm asking. In any event, two wrongs don't make a right. The kind of vindictive punishment you advocate is itself wrong. Let's look at systems that have managed to lower rates of recidivism?