tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976334216965295921.post3620108556057145457..comments2024-03-14T18:08:58.528-04:00Comments on I aim to misbehave.: Deterrence?Captain Tightpantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776345884480352979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976334216965295921.post-17978929202476294102014-09-15T09:06:38.743-04:002014-09-15T09:06:38.743-04:00Yep. Light sentences do not do anything except sav...Yep. Light sentences do not do anything except save bucks to the system. Bean counters. I wish the judges would be a little more choosy with what sentences they give and who gets leniency. Momma Fargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625178164224513103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976334216965295921.post-51291666704691943292014-09-13T20:05:03.208-04:002014-09-13T20:05:03.208-04:00Sounds like she's a 'career' offender,...Sounds like she's a 'career' offender, so 4 months won't mean anything to her...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976334216965295921.post-29982190014680086062014-09-11T13:49:31.627-04:002014-09-11T13:49:31.627-04:00Honestly, it depends on the person. I spent 4 hou...Honestly, it depends on the person. I spent 4 hours in a drunk tank one night (because I talked them into not putting me in general pop) because I pulled a stupid and didn't cover my ass and show up in court (I had provided the necessary documents and believed they would get in front of the judge. I was wrong. Lesson learned a few months later when there was a warrant for my failure to appear)<br /><br />For me, four hours was *way* more time then I ever wanted to spend wearing orange.<br /><br />Or every wanted to again. I was raised that you owned up to your mistakes, and your paid the price, but you didn't want to have to pay that price in the first place - so you did your best to stay on the right side of the law. It stuck. Spending four hours in the drunk tank was terribly embarrassing, and *that* was the deterrent for me.<br /><br />If it *doesn't* stick - and there is plenty of proof out there that there is a set of people it simple doesn't stick for... there is no deterrent inherent in the system. Maybe a system that allowed more... aggressive punishments *would* deter them. But we don't live in that society. So the only thing society can do with those people is lock them away so they can't harm society. Unfortunately we are even squeamish about that - and there are probably too many people in prison.<br /><br />Its one of those problems that doesn't have a good, easy or clean answer.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041372518026028618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976334216965295921.post-56870302079139277592014-09-10T22:31:03.451-04:002014-09-10T22:31:03.451-04:00Spend a night in a jail where they don't know ...Spend a night in a jail where they don't know you are a cop and then tell me four months is a slap on the wrist. <br /><br />For someone who can be deterred four months is plenty. For someone who doesn't care, it doesn't matter. Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.com