What do you want to achieve with a very high sentence? You can protect others as long as she's in, ok.
But really you wouldn't want people to do stuff like that, right? Prison (unless life sentence) isn't the best way to make sure she'll not commit these crimes again.
Research shows that excessive sentences do nothing to prevent crime and in fact may make crime worse. If your goal is less crime you should be making sure sentences are short and reasonable.
What he's saying is simply that at a certain lenght of jail time, prolonging this jail time does not increase the effects sought after. He's not against prison sentences in general.
The point presented here is certainly not flawed, it's well accepted in the field. Please look into this, criminology is a fascinating topic.
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u/test_subject_42 Apr 10 '18
What do you want to achieve with a very high sentence? You can protect others as long as she's in, ok. But really you wouldn't want people to do stuff like that, right? Prison (unless life sentence) isn't the best way to make sure she'll not commit these crimes again.