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Originally Posted by bizaro86
He wasn't 18 when he went in, and he had 59 convictions.
Also, I'm curious whether you have any statistical backup for the assertion that he would have been no safer on release with a longer sentence? I'd be very curious to whether any research has been done on that topic (eg a natural experiment across 2 different states with different sentencing guidelines or something like that).
It seems intuitive to me that if you kept him until 70 he would have been much less likely to commit new violent crime/go on a murderous rampage. Also if you kept him until 60, 50, and probably even 40. I dont know where the line is there, but I'd be interested in actual data.
The system objectively failed in a big way here - "meh, nothing could be done" doesn't seem like the right response to me.
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The obvious comparison is the US, they lock people up for far longer than we do and also have higher rates of reoffending, longer sentences while keeping society safer while the offender is locked up do not reduce but tend to increase the risk of reoffending on release