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Sparhawk · 07-30-2011, 05:53 AM

You say it depends on the individual - but a penal system cannot be individual - it needs to be fair to everyone so that one man who steals a bread for being hungry is not sentenced to 10 years while another stealing the money from his shareholders get off with a slap on the wrist and probation....( simplifying helps here... )

But I do agree to some degree that it would be better with a more subjective system.

My own experience with the US system has to do with a neighbors son who's mom lives in California and therefore he is a US citizen. He was driving to get away from some mexicans that had threatened to shoot him and while speeding ( 110 mph on the freeway ) he lost control of the car - it flipped over the middle section and hit another car killing all four people in it.

He ACCIDENTALLY killed 4 people. - unfortunately it happened as a D.A. was up for re-election or something so he was made an example of - he now serves 97 year - per victim - and they have to be served back2back - which means he would die in prison. He did....in 2006 he was killed by another inmate for jumping over in a line.

This is one of the reasons why I am very critical over the US at times....I love the country and have family there - I visit as often as I can - but sometimes I wanna puke at at self righteous attitude of the system.

07-30-2011, 05:53 AM	#5
Sparhawk Quintesson Join Date: June 2, 2001 Location: In the oldest monarchy - Denmark Age: 47 Posts: 1,071	Re: Prisons - for rehabilitation or punishment You say it depends on the individual - but a penal system cannot be individual - it needs to be fair to everyone so that one man who steals a bread for being hungry is not sentenced to 10 years while another stealing the money from his shareholders get off with a slap on the wrist and probation....( simplifying helps here... ) But I do agree to some degree that it would be better with a more subjective system. My own experience with the US system has to do with a neighbors son who's mom lives in California and therefore he is a US citizen. He was driving to get away from some mexicans that had threatened to shoot him and while speeding ( 110 mph on the freeway ) he lost control of the car - it flipped over the middle section and hit another car killing all four people in it. He ACCIDENTALLY killed 4 people. - unfortunately it happened as a D.A. was up for re-election or something so he was made an example of - he now serves 97 year - per victim - and they have to be served back2back - which means he would die in prison. He did....in 2006 he was killed by another inmate for jumping over in a line. This is one of the reasons why I am very critical over the US at times....I love the country and have family there - I visit as often as I can - but sometimes I wanna puke at at self righteous attitude of the system. __________________ "Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Arius. There was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world. Hither came Conan, the cimmarian, sword in hand. It is I, his chronicler who knows well his saga. Now let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" "Unleash the Casey!" "Make no mistake, should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be looking at an outcome that will have a finality, that is beyound your comprehension. And you will not counting the days or the months or the years, but milleniums in a place with no doors!"