[strix_varius]

"You stole a deadly vehicle and put people's lives in danger with it. Multiple times. You will be tried as an adult and the minimum sentence is 5 years."

Why is this not the obvious solution?

(not as if you could single-handedly enact it, of course, but why isn't the city's leadership doing so?)

[elif]

I'd be fine with this.

To be honest I don't understand the laws but in my city there is a dude who has literally been charged with car vandalism 90 times, let alone all the times he's gotten away with it.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-police-suspect-90-p...

[throwawaaarrgh]

This used to be the "solution", except all it did was act as a gladiator academy that turned out more hardened criminals after 5 years. Do that every year and every year you are just working a machine to create crime.

Turns out that just putting people in jail doesn't make society safer.

[pauldenton]

Letting the criminals roam free with impunity makes society less safe

[tinus_hn]

Turns out patting people on the back and tearfully nodding to the stories about their sad youth doesn’t make society safer either. Ultimately life just isn’t fair and people do need to be induced to take responsibility for themselves.

[brickteacup]

Just give violent criminals exponentially increasing sentences for each conviction. Then they'll only get a handful of chances to reoffend in their lifetime