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| Senator Leahy on Justice Dep't.: Incarcerating Criminals Doesn't Make Us Safer |
| 2015-01-30 |
| [CNSNEWS] Depends on the crime, doesn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Well they sort of did that in the old days. More rope, less lead. Then we became a society rich enough to warehouse them. Then the bleeding hearts on the bench say its too overcrowded. So they're released. Today we lock ourselves up behind security doors and windows, don't allow our kids out after dark, and avoid certain parts of our cities. Guess who's under lockup now? This is considered an 'advanced civilization'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-30 17:38 |
| #13 So we should take them out back and simply shoot them in the brain pan instead? I can see that for some serious crimes (Rape, Murder, Attempted Murder,...) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-01-30 15:36 |
| #12 Once read an article that talked about a police station that kept the mugshots of the known criminals on one wall. When those folks were actually in jail they were put below the line, when they were free they went above the line. The more below the line the more peaceful the town was. If you want to talk about reforming prisons I'm all ears. no cable, fine. Everyone in solitary to kill gang affiliations and end rape in prison I'm ready to give it a shot. But saying that incarcerating them doesn't at least temporarily make us safer is utter madness. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-01-30 14:28 |
| #11 I first read the headline as incinerating criminals... And said: "Damn if it won't!" |
| Posted by: Woozle Scourge of the Wee Folk4194 2015-01-30 12:24 |
| #10 If he's talking about all those hardened criminals incarcerated for possession, then I agree. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-01-30 10:47 |
| #9 Prepping for the time when Senators will be held accountable for their crimes against "We the People"? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-30 09:11 |
| #8 ed in texas, good idea but only if you build a big fence around it first ;^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-30 08:30 |
| #7 As a test of effects, offenders to be non-incarcerated should be relocated to Vermont, as a control group. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-01-30 07:30 |
| #6 "Fox Butterfield is that you?" /j. Taranto K |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-30 06:22 |
| #5 OOops. "Ask the chief of my security detail, if you don't believe me."? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-30 06:20 |
| #4 "Ask the chief of security detail, if you don't believe me."? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-30 06:20 |
| #3 Vermonterian logic. Please ignore. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-30 06:11 |
| #2 If I were in jail, I would agree with the Senator. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2015-01-30 00:45 |
| #1 Smells like BS to me. How bank robberies, murders, kidnappings, etc. do the incarcerated carry out every year? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-30 00:29 |