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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are not given a reduced sentence unless they judge agrees, they have proven to be rehabilitated, had good behavior, have a recommendation from a mental health professional and the victims' families agree.[/quote]

First, the victims or victims' families are "taken into account" but they absolutely do not get to veto a resentencing. It's entirely up to the judge's discretion.

Second, every time I've heard someone argue in favor of these reduced sentences for rapists and murders, it's the same wording: that they've "proven to be rehabilitated". I'm curious, when someone's in prison for a home invasion and raping a child, how exactly do we prove that felon to be rehabilitated? Is it that they refrained from raping any children while serving their prison sentence?

As far as claims of low recidivism rates for those released, I'd be extremely interested in how that rate is calculated. The arrest rate for rape is something like 1%. The conviction rate is a fraction of that.[/quote]

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