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by dmitrygr 11 days ago
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.
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srveale 11 days ago
> Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals

Oh so you do believe in justice

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inigyou 11 days ago
If we incarcerated everyone, it would be even lower.
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dmitrygr 11 days ago
Reductio ad absurdum
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