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Originally Posted by Galt
Well, you can't please everybody. And try to keep in mind that our prison system doesn't exist for the purpose of enabling people to seek personal revenge against the criminals who've wronged them.
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The system is mostly punative. Rehabilitation is a happy dream not a reality, nor are prison sentances based on the thought of 'how long will it take to rehabilitate'.
Its punishment and as such, a great many of us think that the punishment for murder should be death.