• Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Jail sentences were never detracting anyone from crimes. Crimes are either planned so the criminal does not think they will be caught or done out of emotion so the criminal does not think about possible punishment

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      The severity of the punishment is not an effective deterrent. This has been known since a UN study from the 1980s, yet people still cling to the belief that a long prison sentence or the death penalty is a good deterrent.

      So long as the punishment is significant enough that it cannot be dismissed (eg a small fine is meaningless to someone wealthy), then the only effective deterrent is the certainty of being caught.

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      1 year ago

      If she's in jail she can't waterboard her kid and put it in the freezer again… Do you motherfuckers even think about what you're saying before you spout off with these tired arguments?

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          1 year ago

          Not really, there's still a baby freezing psychopath on the loose in that case. Who knows what she'll do to the next person she blames all her problems on.

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            Who knows what she'll do to the next person she blames all her problems on.

            If they're not a baby… get a bigger freezer?

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          This comment chain is in response to that sentence not being long enough. I'd gamble on the foster system over the known lady that puts the kid in the freezer.