By keeping people who think the punishment for doing violent crimes has become “lax enough” from themselves committing these crimes.
I’m thinking of the people who would rather kill their spouse than go through a divorce, or who would kill someone to leave no witnesses to a lesser crime. I’m worried about any of these people seeing a completely humane prison system and thinking "yeah even if I got caught it would be worth it.” for any crime that harms another person. This is a short term change in policy that we can enact to make a HUGE leap in improving our justice system, while the mental healthcare system of our country catches up.
How does that help anyone?
By keeping people who think the punishment for doing violent crimes has become “lax enough” from themselves committing these crimes.
I’m thinking of the people who would rather kill their spouse than go through a divorce, or who would kill someone to leave no witnesses to a lesser crime. I’m worried about any of these people seeing a completely humane prison system and thinking "yeah even if I got caught it would be worth it.” for any crime that harms another person. This is a short term change in policy that we can enact to make a HUGE leap in improving our justice system, while the mental healthcare system of our country catches up.