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Old 08-11-2007, 10:06 AM
tolbiny tolbiny is offline
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Default Re: Incarceration: Rehabiliate and Protect? Or Punish?

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No we're just taking into account the chance of them not getting caught.

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Exactly, because they DID get caught already. They committed one crime, and got caught. Now you want to suppose that that they have (or will) commit many more crimes and to include punishment for those crimes in with the one you actually did catch.
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