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Cruel and unusual punishment (lemmy.ml)
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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s even more absurd as surely the objective should be to have less victims of crime, so doing whatever gets that result seems logical.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago

A lot of people's concept of justice isn't based on logic. Rehabilitation makes more sense logically, but retribution feels better.