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Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In what alternate universe?

Study after study has shown harsher sentences don't deter crime:



It's very, very simple: let's say you're thinking of killing someone. Do you stop and think "well, in some other state murder is a ten year sentence, but in my state it's twenty years, so I better not murder this guy?" No, you either think "I'm not going to get caught, so it doesn't matter", or you're acting in a fit of rage (and not thinking at all).

Harsher penalties are good for exactly one thing: making victims feel better ... and not by much. If your mom gets murdered, do you really think you're going to feel much better when the guy who murdered your family member gets 20 years instead of 10?

Are you kidding? I really don’t care what cherry-picked studies you can find, the difference of giving away 10 additional years of your life is monumental. How about you go sit in a box for 10 years and tell me how easy it would be to do another 10

Ridiculous argument