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Old 08-31-2005, 04:38 PM
SheetWise SheetWise is offline
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Default Re: What should happen to the New Orleans looters?

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How do you square that with the notion that the punishment fit the crime?

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Why should the punishment fit the crime? Do you mean, like -- smoke a joint, serve a year?

Crime is a game with risk and reward. If we tell people what the risk is, we hope they will give the reward less value.
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