Originally Posted by sgallan  I don't agree with your 'negatives'. People get locked up because some of them murder, some steal, some molest, and some deal drugs. I don't agree that we 'throw away the key'. In fact, the exact opposite is true. We have some pretty liberal sentencing laws when people who commit 2nd degree murder, manslaughter, etc. can get out in less than 12-years. A goodly number of the criminals let out strike again which verifies the lean sentences we have.
I also don't agree that we are a 'harsh and brutish' nation with regard to minorities and those without.
That is all very nice spin. Given that nice spin...... why do you think we have the highest incarceration rate in the world..... by far? |
We have a high incarceration rate because a lot of people think that they can have children without having to raise them and be responsible parents. This leads to the crime we see by predominantly fatherless people who have had no one to teach them how to decently act. The fathers have implicitly said that they want someone else to discipline their kids, since they didn't want to do it, and they have looked to the government for help, by way of incarceration.
Our laws are no secret and there is no secret to staying out of jail. Those who are in jail are there because of their own behavior. If you don't like incarcerating those who violate others' rights, perhaps you won't hold any ill will to anyone if they should happen to violate your rights. But, you've already told us that you advocate lower incarceration for everyone excpet those who violate your rights.