Seem completely normal to me. However the people who post on articles about criminal justice on HN are not a random sample of the population. The law consider

Seem completely normal to me. However the people who post on articles about criminal justice on HN are not a random sample of the population. The law considers punishment to be a valid role of the justice system, even though punishment should only consist of denial of freedom, and not being raped or killed by fellow prisoners or guards.