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Reply #17: Hell, I'll say that. We are being too hard on murderers in America. [View All]

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High Plains

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Thu Jun-01-06 03:18 PM
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17. Hell, I'll say that. We are being too hard on murderers in America.

We are being too hard on almost every criminal offender in America.

First, most civilized countries don't have the death penalty. Second, most civilized countries don't have life without parole. Third, most civilized countries set upper limits on their sentences, such as 20 years or 30 years.

America's harshness is extreme and seems to serve no purpose, if comparative crime rates are any indication. And I haven't even gotten started on the hideous, brutal insanity of imprisoning hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug law violators for decades.

America's criminal justice system is way fucked up.

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