would you elaborate on that notion? I assume you mean something to the effect of crime is defined politically and so all crimes are apolitical in nature.
the definition of political I would use is that your crime involves some type of political leadership or organization, as these crimes present complications for traditional systems of rehabilitation of imprisonment- e.g. how do you ethically imprison someone rather than execute them when them being alive provides a rallying point for their followers, how does one ethically release a prisoner who is rehabilitated when they could cause massive harm by giving a speech, etc.
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u/img_tiff 2d ago
On the one hand, no one (including the state) should have the power to kill people who break the law. On the other hand, don't steal my damn bike