If the punishment fit the crime then murderers would be killed and rapists castrated. The US system is a representative one where a crime is translated into jail time. Supposable, this is to rehabilitate the criminal, but its really just to put them away from society for a period. If our jails were either more focused on rehabilitation or storage, then it would be good. As is, someone goes to jail and learns even more about crime and usually comes out a better criminal. This is why I'm for sensory deprivation jails. Storage and brainwashing (rehabilitation) all in one. Yep, I'll never get elected on that platform. :)
> I see where you are coming from, but the punishment should fit the > crime as well. I don't think as a society we should be scarring a > person for life for shoplifting either. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, September 5, 2003, 12:46:23 PM, you wrote: > MD> I don't think I support this law. One of the great deterrents against people > MD> going back out and committing crimes again is prison rape. In addition, because > MD> it's so widely known, it's even a deterrent before someone commits a crime in > MD> the first place. If you knew that you'd be the sex toy of some 400 pound slab of > MD> meat named bubba, you'd avoid crime like the plague. > MD> "You do the crime, you get gang raped up the @ss. Crime doesn't pay." > > > > >> http://www.spr.org/en/pressreleases/2003/0904.html > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
