Re: Comment on this statement relating to crime and punishment
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It's generally not considered fair to give people harsher penalties because you suspect they are more likely to repeat their offense.
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There is data that supports that released sex offenders are
more likely to repeat offend, and it makes sense, since someone who likes molesting children is obviously a different sort of animal than the rest of us.
It is not a random prediction of future behavior; rather, it is based on past evidence.
Even if I conflict somewhat w/ the basic tenets of our justice system here, maybe all that means is I think we should adopt some different basic tenets! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] When someone can get 4 DUI convictions and not serve a single day in jail, maybe we ought to re-evaluate things...
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