Should certain violent crimes, especially predatory crimes, be a one time and your are out (lifetime) sentence?

@SW-User but there are different instances not just malucious intent. There is killing in self defense, to protect someone, by accident....
I don't believe that putting a drunk driver who killed someone in an accident behind bars is an appropriate solution.

You're responsible for what you do when you drink alcohol. @SW-User

@Spoiledbrat I do not deny that but being locked up is still not the right punishment. And often alcoholism is a systemic problem

@SW-User Well I don't agree with you on that

@SW-User There are situations where people continue to drink and drive, even after receiving multiple DUIs and losing the legal right to drive. One such person was driving drunk (again) without a license when he hit a car carrying a man and his little boy, who were on the freeway one evening. The man and his son (my husband and child) were killed, as was the drunk driver.

I understand that alcoholism is a disease. Choosing to drink and drive is a crime, so if you know you have that disease and still make that choice, you should be locked up. For the good of everyone.

@SW-User That is absolutely how I see it too. I wonder how many would not have been murdered if we had zero tolerance? I have had a family member killed by a man who killed someone else and was released after only 7 years. Ironically, we have zero tolerance for making certain non-woke comments in our society but murder, not so much.

@Riverman2 Letting a killer out of prison without serving sufficient time has absolutely nothing to do with being "woke", for goodness sake ! You folks have latched onto that term like a dog with a bone, with no idea what it even means ! 🤨

@bijouxbroussard please reread my post.