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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe because what’s the point in putting someone in jail for more years. 3.5 years is prison. Not jail. Huge difference. Why ruin two families lives? [/quote]

So if a drunk driver mows down a car with your spouse and kids inside, and kills your entire family leaving you a widower with no children, you will feel okay with the driver spending 3.5 years in prison and then going on with their life? While you suffer the rest of yours? [/quote]

NP, and of course not.  But that's why we don't allow grieving survivors to determine the punishment for homicides.  Incarcerating someone for decades has to be a logical, reasoned decision that takes into account many factors.  The pain of a victim's loved ones is only one of them, and frankly not the most important one.  [/quote]

But preventing further harm to new victims is typically part of a [b]logical and reasoned[/b] decision, and locking these people up for a long time achieves that goal. [/quote]

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You are saying that punishing people preemptively, for what they *might* do to someone else in the future, is part of a logical and reasoned sentencing decision?  Um, no.  There are very few cases in the US criminal justice system where that's appropriate.  And when it is, it's a fairly involved procedure in order to satisfy due process requirements.

But generally speaking, "This person's actions warrant a sentence of X years, but there's a chance he might do it again, so let's tack on an extra 5" is not how it works.  Nor should it be.  Good grief.

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I suppose you are in favor of light sentences for pedophiles too. [/quote]

I'm not sure why you would think that, and if that's the best you can muster as an "argument," you should probably just retire the field now.  Regardless, pedophiles are among the criminals for which civil commitment proceedings are appropriate.  [/quote]

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