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How Germany Does Prison

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Re: How Germany Does Prison

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I'm one of those "some people" you mentioned. It is indeed about morals. Violence, in my view, is definitely a character trait inextricable from genetic makeup and early upbringing (which sets significant epigenetic markers). That is exactly why people should be armed. There is no reason for violent criminals to be in prison, they should be dead either from their victim defending themselves, or those around the victi…

Not sure why you are downvoted and not parent comment; both make the unsubstantiated claim their position is rational and another position is not.

Maybe because it directly contradicts the facts? If people can't change then why is the recidivism rate in humane prisons 20% and in punishment oriented prisons 70%?

A more likely explanation however is that there is another reason why he is downvoted: because he suggests killing all violent offenders.

Re: How Germany Does Prison

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We Germans have our own issues though, it's not perfect. What is the prison system in the US, is the psychiatric system here. Once you get in its wheels, it takes really dedicated lawyers and sometimes even mass-media attention to get out. Just look at Gustl Mollath. And our "justice" system suffers from massive, massive understaffing, just like the police. It's easy to "cut costs" there for politicians because there…

Yes, the Mollath case was disgusting. Politicians meddling with the justice system, because of a (partly misguided) public outrage. As a result, Mollath got off.

He was locked up for 6 years or so, right? What did he get away with doing?
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