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The Mikado
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« on: February 13, 2009, 07:09:36 PM »

If there's any one function that it should be self-evidently better to have in public control than private control, it should be incarceration.
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The Mikado
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2009, 12:28:36 PM »

Yes, but so should public ones.

The only penalty for a crime should be restitution--or death, in case of murder, because restitution is just impossible there.

For arson, would you burn the perp's house down?
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