Are Punishments Really Idealistic?

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IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Wagram said:
If anything punishments need to be harsher.

A lot of people say that, and while it might be true that there would be less crimes if the punishments were harsher, reality does not indicate that. The countries with lower crime rates actually tend to have less harsh punishments and spend more money on different forms of treatment to get the criminals back on track in life.

If someone just says, "Fuck all criminals. They do bad stuff so they should get the shit kicked out of them", that won't magically remove the reasons which made them commit the crimes in the first place. For that reason it is important to find out why the crime was committed, and take action. Otherwise the reasons will still be there and the crimes will recur.

It's a double-edged blade. There may very well be less crime, but I read an article about a man in the UK that murdered 7 people and received a sentencing of 5 years in prison. This is unacceptable. There has to be a happy medium between kill them all and let them off easy.