Hey man, I dunno, two other commenters besides me failed to understand your original logic. I just tried to explain what was unclear about it. > A roughly Par

Hey man, I dunno, two other commenters besides me failed to understand your original logic. I just tried to explain what was unclear about it. > A roughly Pareto law (80/20) applies to criminals. Okay, criminals can be divided into groups 80 and 20. > The majority of all murders are done by a small group. Presumably, since it's the next sentence, the murders are done by group 20. > Meanwhile, the majority of all murderers never commit another crime. [^] The majority of group 20 commits only one offense. (Unless of course you state that murderers have a non-murder prior, which was the clarification you refuted.) > Jail sentences should be relatively light for the 80 and fairly severe for the 20. [+] The non-murderers in 80 should get light sentences and murderers in 20 should get severe sentences. > That means first-time offenders should get minimal sentences, but repeat offenders should get long prison terms. Because of the statement marked [^], the majority of murderers should get minimal sentences, which conflicts with the statement marked [+], unless you state that all murderers have a non-murder prior.