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by dmitrygr 11 days ago
Wouldn’t you say that the lowered crime rate enjoyed by the innocent as a result is an improvement?
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Why not just incarcerate everyone between the age of 15-27, if what we're worried about is crime rate.
Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals? We only need to incarcerate repeat violent offenders to reduce crime noticeably. This is not controversial. The data is linked-to above.
> Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals

Oh so you do believe in justice

If we incarcerated everyone, it would be even lower.
Reductio ad absurdum