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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
if you want the punishment for cooking meth to be $500,000, then you pass a law stating such.
I'm pretty sure we will see a lot of the civil forfeiture laws repealed in the next decade, especially those that don't stem from proceeds of crime.
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The problem with large fines is that it equates to debtors prison if people can't pay. Is it possible to scale punishment based on people's
Assets used around the crime.
Could you pass a law that said if you cook meth and own a car or a house you lose the car or house but if you don't there is no additional punishment?