Thread: Another disappointing sentence

I don't want these people in jail because I believe that crims are smart enough to plan ahead and be deterred by harsh sentences - that is not what I see. I want longer sentences to keep crims out of circulation of the general populace

I don't believe in rehabilitation, I do believe that men "age out" of being actively criminal in about their 50s, con artists and kiddie fiddlers keep going a lot longer

I believe that many violent crims have sent a clear signal to us taxpayers that they do not want to abide by our laws and norms and hence I would be quite happy to pay to keep more of them locked up for longer

In my ideal world all 3-strikes violent offenders would be shipped off to a subantarctic island and left to starve but unfortunately that is illegal


Tahr is correct in that the best deterrence is the belief that there is a high chance of being caught, beyond that I have seen no good evidence that crims plan further ahead than their next score

What the liberal handwringers get wrong is that a lot of these crims don't see the world the same as Joe and Jane public - it's not until they are in a shit situation where something immediate is threatening them that they realise what is happening - they live in a more primal world where a bit of biff and blood is more their reality than a suspended sentence

I don't give a rat's arse about their welfare because when they bash up a dairy owner or steal people's kids presents from under the tree they don't give a rat's arse about us taxpayers so if I'm gonna shell out money for some no-hoper fuckwit to live in a motel and do nothing at least keep them off the streets and make that motel a secure stay