VenomJockey
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Today's prison/sentencing system doesn't work, and rehabilitates no one. How about we switch to a "restorative justice" system? Require the bad guy to compensate the victim(s), pay court costs, the appointed attorney's fee, and charge the guy $100 a week "room & board."
Make sure he gets a job simply by giving him one of those city/county jobs that have been advertised for weeks and no one wants....garbage man, for example. If there was "bodily harm" during commission of the crime, use a sliding scale (like the insurance companies do) to determine what compensation is due. If the crime involved a death, then give the guy the death penalty.
The "Restorative Justice System" would take a lot of planning and tweaking, but I believe it would work, and certainly that it would be better than what we are doing at present.
Make sure he gets a job simply by giving him one of those city/county jobs that have been advertised for weeks and no one wants....garbage man, for example. If there was "bodily harm" during commission of the crime, use a sliding scale (like the insurance companies do) to determine what compensation is due. If the crime involved a death, then give the guy the death penalty.
The "Restorative Justice System" would take a lot of planning and tweaking, but I believe it would work, and certainly that it would be better than what we are doing at present.