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Originally Posted by redforever
But there are some within the criminal population who have proved themselves to be very dangerous to the rest of society, who have proved that if you release them, they will only reoffend yet again, who have proved that if you offer them programs to assist in their rehabilitation, they will refuse them, in other words, accepting no blame for their crimes. I will pay more to keep them behind bars for a longer period of time or if the case warrants it, indefinitely.
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Does such a program even require an increase in taxes? If you offset it with earlier parole for reformed non-violent offenders... Basically let ten guys out a year earlier to keep the one really bad guy in ten years longer? Not sure if the demographics warrant it, but an ideological shift in the penal system such as you have suggested does not necessary require more funding. Would you let 10 repentant freudulent accountants out of prison early to keep one unrepentant rapist in there for life? I think most people would.