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At least here in the US, I can say one of the last things we need is more people in jail or prison.

• justin_oaks 2y ago
  The parent commenter said "pursue and punish", not "put in jail". There are other forms of punishment besides jail time. But really I'm more concerned that the scam organization is shut down, even if the main scammer isn't put behind bars. If nothing else, it'll slow down and reduce the scams.
  • _heimdall 2y ago
    Fair enough. Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but at least in the US you will almost certainly spend a bit of time in a jail when being charged, booked, and arraigned. Given that we're talking about legal, rather than extra judicial, pursuit and punishment I would expect jail to be a part of that process.
• capnsalty 2y ago
  We just need different people in jail. Release all the people who got caught with dime bags and lock up the people who steal money from seniors. Those are the actual monsters.
• thejazzman 2y ago
  This feels like a really weird take to me. Like all crime should just be permitted because being a criminal has become mainstream? Innocent people in jail, or for controversial reasons, seems like its own issue entirely. Like the way too common attitude on this site rbat because some people are smart/resourceful enough not to be victimized, that somehow makes victims deserving for not being so fortunate. Why would anyone but a scammer/criminal want such a society to even exist. I'll go so far as to compare to to the holocaust, that somehow it's fine as long as they're not coming for you? "First they came for the vulnerable..."