| >No one gains anything from these 44 year long sentences. He attempted to murder a police officer, so why should benefit anything from it? >He's been incapacitated for his entire life, and because of that, is seemingly going to be it for the rest of his life. Of course. That's the point. That's the whole point of what a punishment is. You can't punish if you don't punish. I understand. You don't want to punish criminals. You want to teach them how to become good. The thing about criminals is that they have no respect for nice people. So when nice peoples try to teach criminals to become good, the criminal feels like, "Why is this weak ass person trying to lecture me? I would break his neck if I am not in these chains. Talking as if he's holier than me." Okay. You might say, "Well, if a criminal won't listen to a nice person, let's just have someone not nice teach a criminal how to become good." Asshole: "Hey criminal, you need to be a good person."
Criminal: "Fucking asshole, I'll break your neck." Not gonna work either. However, organized crime have found a way to do it (does not work guarantee to work 100% of the time). The Boss: "Lowly criminal, I need you to be a good boy and not try to kill my family." Lowly Criminal A: "No." The Boss's 30 henchmen kills him.
Lowly Criminal B: "Okay. Fine. I will not try to kill your family." Only death can deter a criminal, and that's not even guarantee to work 100% of the time (criminals back stabs their boss). Anyway, as you can see, the above is even worst than our prison system. However, if you feel you have a method of installing goodness into criminals, please feel free to share. |