The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible.
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What to do about these increases in crime? Plenty of laws already exist to punish violent criminals, and research questions the level of correlation between longer sentences and lower crime rates.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.
You can't have justice unless you have truth.
A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
Society is now less convinced of the absolute accuracy of the criminal justice system.
The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.
Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test.
I don't believe we should allow thousands of violent felons to be released early from prison, nor do I believe we should reduce sentences for violent offenders in the future.
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