231–233 of 233 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "Everyone steals" is not a good defense to stealing. I'm not defending stealing, I'm saying for all crime in America, the deterrent of jail doesn't appear to be working. That button has already been pressed, hard.
Right now we have DA’s across the country that are refusing to prosecute crime and letting people out. Criminals know this and are taking advantage.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Expand mass incarceration in the U.S., which has already eclipsed the scale of Black slavery, Nazi camps, and Soviet gulags, until everybody is imprisoned? Why not hire competent investigators to infiltrate and bring down this new model of highly profitable criminal operation (pay boosters -> warehouse goods -> move product online)? Instead all ya got is lOcK Up TeH BooSterS?
That’s a great idea. I think we should do that. As well as lock up the boosters. If you let people steal without repercussions society goes down fast
Here in Maine, our max fine of $1000 and/or a jail sentence of up to 180 days for theft sounds about right, but in turn I'm supportive of efforts to lower the local incarceration rate: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/ME.html