What crimes deserve a harsher punishment? On the flip side, what crimes deserve a lesser punishment?
Robot
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Why are we punishing anyway???
Most people already know right from wrong, so there's no teachable moment in there.
Time and energy is better spent on reform, reflection and retraining. Most people who go to jail are going to come out one day... so helping them to form alternative coping mechanisms, reflecting on what they did wrong and retraining them to return to society in a productive manner are all useful skills that we all could use to make society a better place.
Most people already know right from wrong, so there's no teachable moment in there.
Time and energy is better spent on reform, reflection and retraining. Most people who go to jail are going to come out one day... so helping them to form alternative coping mechanisms, reflecting on what they did wrong and retraining them to return to society in a productive manner are all useful skills that we all could use to make society a better place.