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Originally Posted by andyl
the higher aim should be to prevent re-offending (and indeed to prevent offending in the first place)
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Agreed with you on that, however the punishment needs to match the crime!
How often these days do you see an article on the news and when you get to the end of it and find out what punishment was meted out you think to yourself - "well they got of bloody lightly!"
Some one I used to know used to go out stealing cars etc, and whenever he was sent down he used the opportunity to use the gym and build himself up and 'network' with other undesirables to be more efficient when he got out again! He certainly was not the 'ard one at the top but he did always say 'doing bird is easy'...