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Fast forward ten generations and we're back to thinking we should lock someone up for life for pinching a flat screen telly. Good to know we're all embracing modernity so thoroughly.
Maybe we should bring back serfdom while we're at it?
I believe the trend, decade-on-decade, is that we tend to grow a little nicer as people, almost universally. Afterall, just last week we even agreed that gays are people now.
Arctic believes everyone deserves another chance, regardless of the cost to the wellbeing of the innocent and all they have to do is "prove" (how exactly) that they are reformed. I believe that at some point a line has to be drawn and that person be locked up indefinitely for the good of the community.
So rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater and say lock him up indefinitely (because it's too hard for the parole board to do their job), I would say actually lets look at the problem - parole boards letting out people with a strong history of re-offending with no clear plan to reintegrate them into society.
It's not about cuddling criminals, its about getting the best outcomes for everyone.
from what I understand, this is the real crux of the issue. a person might be desperate to prove themselves upon release, but be in a situation where the only options are starving to death or going back to prison. it's all very well for prisoners with a stable family home to go back to, but for those with nothing there needs to be more done to support them on release. otherwise they are bound to reoffend in order to survive, and give more ammunition to the 'once a criminal always a criminal' brigade.