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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You have to decide whether imprisonment is about punishment or rehabilitation or removing threatening individuals from society.

The problem is I don't think the court system really knows what it wants to achieve either. Although it certainly didn't want to rehabilitate anyone thank you very much.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Plus another question is whether the punishment should make the family of the victim feel better or not - should it be a factor, at all? If you could literally turn someone into an OK person with the help of a 10 minute (3 day, 30 days) treatment, should we still make their suffering longer just for the family to feel they got their revenge?

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