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 [b]to[/b] 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 [b]drive[/b] is a crime, so if you [b]know[/b] 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 [b]nothing[/b] to do with being "woke", for goodness sake ! You folks have latched onto that term like a dog with a bone, with [b]no[/b] idea what it even means ! 🤨

@bijouxbroussard please reread my post.