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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Perhaps we would do wel to focus more on rehabilitation and reintegration instead of having people serve a (likely too short) sentence and get plunked back where they were a little worse for it.

Norway’s model appears to be very successful. Though they pay more for it and some people would rather someone else get murdered than pay extra in taxes I’m sure. But people come out of prison in Norway as better people and actual contributors to the community at far higher rates than in Canada. Worth noting they don’t have life in prison nor the death sentence (obviously) and don’t seem to frame prison as punishment.

I'm in favour of things like reconciliation, rehabilitation and proactive solutions. But there's a significant issue because those steps take years to bear fruit and give results. We can't just let havoc ensue because we're playing the long game and need to take appropriate steps to deal with things in the meantime.

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I would be interested to know what you would have done, assuming your going to let the guy out of jail at some point then what exactly should have been done differently?

I think not releasing people who are deemed a high risk to reoffend is a good starting point when it comes to violent crimes. The point of incarceration (in my opinion) is not punishment, so it's not about "I paid my dues". Maybe these people did spend the requisite time behind bars, but if they're unrepentant and likely to search for victims all over again, we ought to try to prevent that.