Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Football Team Loses
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Re: Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Football Team Loses
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Repair is only applicable when there is victim. The other point is that certain acts can not be meaningfully repaired/repaid within our current societal context. I.e. How do you measure the repayment or actions-required to repair a life that is taken by someone? I would argue indentured servitude is a valid way to go, but it makes people uncomfortable because they see it as slavery. Yet, keeping someone locked up in…
> Yet, keeping someone locked up in an unproductive cage, to watch them wither away is somehow "rehabilitating" them. I don't think most people claim its rehabilitation. I think the "rehabilitation" angle is political word play and would bet that most people who support harsh prison sentences see it (and support it) as punishment.
Interesting question - why is the "political wordplay" even necessary?