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Aeolus451 said:
o_O.Q said:

 

yeah that's a good point i guess but i still don't think harsher punishments stop crimes from happening 

 



 


Surely, harsher punishments won't prevent all crimes from happening but it would stop some before they happened because of the "would be" criminals that sit on the fence called risk & possible punishment versus reward. 

We've advanced leaps and bounds in technology that helps us catch people easily but we've become unrealistically lenient on violent criminals. Prisons that hold violent criminals should be hell on earth at the very least. 

 


is there any real study that indicates this to be the case though?

i've heard for a long time now that crime rates have been dropping significantly over the years and this has been in conjunction with punishments becoming less harsh 

i have no real data on this but its something to consider