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In general, the sentences for different crimes/offenses have blown out of proportion. Usually an outragous case of <mumble> goes around the media, and politicia
by perlgeek 14y ago
In general, the sentences for different crimes/offenses have blown out of proportion. Usually an outragous case of <mumble> goes around the media, and politicians respond by increasing the punishment. Or Lobbyists push for it.
The whole thing (and not just in the US, in most states I know of) would need a new assessment, and not just one section at a time, but some kind of unified assessment.
It's a bit like a huge, sprawling code base that has never seen a major refactoring, and is in dire need of one.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoThis happens all the time with weapons. For example, during the Bruce Lee craze a lot of states passed laws against nunchucks which are still on the books. It's a continuing pattern. Moral panic -> SOMETHING must be done -> useless, unhelpful laws get put on the books. The same sort of security theater that we see today with the TSA and whatnot.