There hasn't been a link showing reduced murder rates
with the introduction of capital punishment.

Personally I think there should be two types of jail sentence: 2 weeks or life. Nothing in between. I can't remember where I read it, but apparantly for many prisoners, they gradually get used to it if they're in too long, so if they get let out, they may find jail was actually a more stable way of life (sort of like in Shawshank redemption). But 2 weeks will merely shit up an opportune criminal into not wanting to go back.

It's not that jail is a "B&B" or whatever the Daily Mail would have you believe. It's just that for some criminals it can be more stable once they get used to it.

I'm sure the justice system isn't that bad (if by bad you mean not locking people up) as the author of this story makes out as we have a very high rate of people in prison.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 18:06, Reply)