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Originally Posted by westopher
Jail isn’t a deterrent is the point. These people aren’t worse off in jail. They are at least out of the rain and have something to eat.
It just keeps it from happening again shortly after.
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That guy from the article I posted was 19..
I guess if it’s not a rape or a murder it’s nothing.
Gotta say I love how it’s all the same people who talk about how “doing -anything- is better than nothing” when it comes to US gun violence. But when it comes to the local, unprecedented, violent, random assaults it comes down to
“Well….”
You’re not going to fix mental illness or whatever the root cause of these issues are over night. So it’s too much to ask to keep violent repeat offenders off the streets? Lol. As I’ve said in the past, just cross your fingers it’s not one of your family members that gets a hammer to the head.