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Originally Posted by Graham
I think you should read that quote again!
"The purpose of a sentence is punishment." Full stop. End of story.
I quote again:
"Nothing about rehabilitation, remorse or socioeconomic disadvantage. Nothing about the bad effects that the punishment might have on the offender or, for that matter, its good effects..."
If that is the foundation that these proposals are based on, then whatever other "good intentions" it may have, they will be tainted by this.
The parts you highlighted are, as I pointed out before, simply window dressing. They are a sugar coating to try to convince the reader that the core is more palatable in the hope that it wont stick in their throat.
But it sticks in mine, so excuse me if I spit it back out.
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I find it strange that you cannot see the need for punishment in a justice system. It is, after all, a criminal 'justice' system, not a criminal 'rehabilitation' system (not that I have anything against rehab).
How are we to have justice done if the criminal is not punished?