How should offenders be sentenced?

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Joe Black replied

20 April 2006, 15:23
I'm suprised that no one has yet voted for the NL 'pre-crime' (Prudence & Fairness Act 2007) option, where half the population is judged at birth to not be willing to pay enough taxes...
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Joe Black replied

20 April 2006, 15:04
Originally posted by Lucifer Box

My preferred option is missing:

Judges should set a minimum, which can be increased by bad behaviour, not being a model prisoner, etc.

Thought of that one but left it out because some of the options seemed to overlap.

The other one I thought of including was the "Hang them all (the gov't that is)" choice for people like xoggoth.
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John Galt replied

20 April 2006, 15:02
Ahh this will be Mr Clark's brilliantly innovative idea of keeping an eye on dangerous criminals that have been let out early after a convicted paedophile repeatedly raped a 9 year old girl whilst out on licence. Only one way to ensure these animals don't reoffend - chop their bits off
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Lucifer Box replied

20 April 2006, 14:59
My preferred option is missing:

Judges should set a minimum, which can be increased by bad behaviour, not being a model prisoner, etc.
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Joe Black started a poll How should offenders be sentenced?

20 April 2006, 14:50

22 Voters

Life should mean life, 10 years should mean 10 years, no exceptions	50.00%	11 votes
Judges should set a maximum, which can be reduced by good behaiviour, alternatives etc	0.00%	0 votes
No fixed sentencing, judges should indicate an average which can be increased/reduced as appropriate	13.64%	3 votes
Prisons are a waste of time, criminals should all be beheaded/deported to a remote island	13.64%	3 votes
One persons crime is another man's search for self-meaning, we should support them on their journey	9.09%	2 votes
Prisons are a waste of time, criminals should simply be tagged and returned to the community	4.55%	1 vote
Set-up a 'pre-crime' unit where NL DNA's everyone at birth and detains people accordingly	0.00%	0 votes
Hand the sentencing over to the victims, let jungle law prevail	4.55%	1 vote
We need a review panel set up by the gov't to consider the options	4.55%	1 vote

Reading about yet another NL initiative I thought I'd ask the question, given the current state of affairs it seems "Offenders sent to prison for 12 months or more are released at the half way point on licence", what the panel thought.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4924686.stm

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