[kstenerud]

I think you may have misunderstood. The tools of increasing fines and criminal charges (resulting in jail time or not) have existed for decades already, and are proven in the field to be effective. This is nothing new. There's also nothing stopping the courts from deferring a jail term until the pandemic has passed.

[DoreenMichele]

I am going to refer you to this fine comment and officially drop discussing this with you further:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24221493

[apple4ever]

Then you fix the system, you don't shut off power.