[lagadu]

> A life isn't worth a lot anymore these days..

Seems you're the one who isn't giving much value to the prisoner's life here.

If rehabilitation can't be accomplished in 14 years, it won't be accomplished in 20 or 30 either so what's the point of keeping them inside an arbitrary number of years after that?

edit: I just noticed you referred to imprisonment as punishment on another thread; that's where we differ in belief.

[lisivka]

The point is that they cannot harm us while in prison.