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by PhasmaFelis 3871 days ago
I think we seriously undersentence criminals who cynically and cruelly hurt people for money, but don't happen to use physical violence to do so.

(Often "undersentence" means "completely ignore." Unjustly evicting a family from their home is no less destructive than burning it down while they're out, but the former doesn't even seem to be treated as a crime.)

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I personally could care less how we sentence these criminals, because I thinking changes in sentencing tend to have little effect anyway.

We should be more concerned about fixing the immigration system so our regulations don't give employers like this the leverage to exploit their employees.