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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
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
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I don't agree the US is a reasonable natural experiment. Their system is so unbelievably broken that you can't compare it to any other country imo, because the other factors overwhelm.
If there were two US states with different sentencing guidelines or two Nordic countries or something like that you'd have something more valid, because the other variables would be more similar.
Again, nobody in this thread has been saying three strikes and you're out. 50 strikes I think you can make a case for longer sentencing.
And in the US if this guy got out and did this he probably does it with an assault rifle. So at least we have that going for us.