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So, let me get this straight, you are using Afghanistan, Somalia and Iraq as your models of an effective criminal justice system? Are you under the impression that rape and murder and other violent crimes are under control in these places? Because I can send you some links.
And aren't the gentlemen you are referring to in your anecdotes above probably referring to abuse and torture in prison before the implementation of any "justice system"? Do you support that, as well?
What, exactly, do you see going on around you in the US that is worse than in places like present day Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia?
I can't help but think you haven't really given thought to this.
What sort of influence do you suppose the open approval of brutality has on a society? Are you harboring the opinion that humans need to be dominated? Corralled? Subjected? Punished? Because such a system does not only affect those who commit crimes. It affects everyone in the society and it implies extreme distinctions between government and society that I don't think you're taking into account.
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