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| Amnesia10 wrote: They can't. It would be illegal here. | |
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But not there - local judges as they are elected have a lot of power as to what sort of punishments they can hand out
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23955695 Idiot<Imbecile<Moron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot#Disability |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
I'm surprised there aren't laws agains that sort of unusual punishment. I'm pretty sure they couldn't do that here. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
They can't. It would be illegal here. |
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| Author: | hifidelity2 [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:14 am ] | |||||||||
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But not there - local judges as they are elected have a lot of power as to what sort of punishments they can hand out |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:32 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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It would also keep many people out of jail. Some crimes do not justify the cost of imprisonment but we have community service. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
I think they should be allowed to do it here. If embarrassment is an effective detterent why not use it? It's free pretty much. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:54 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment | |||||||||
You should put yourself in the position. Would you like to be made to stand outside your place of work with a sign saying I am an idiot for some theoretical crime? It would make working there impossible. Also most criminals never expect to be caught which is why the death penalty does not work as a deterrent. No body thinks that they will get caught so what might seem rational to most people simply does not apply. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
No I wouldn't, which I why I wouldn't do the crime in the first place. Deterants work. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:15 pm ] | |||||||||
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But you are rational and most criminals are not. You might not be in a position to need to commit a crime. If you are poor or greedy then it becomes more likely that you will commit a crime. Also if it really worked why are we constantly suffering prison overcrowding? |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US man ordered to wear idiot sign as punishment |
This is the modern equivalent of putting people I stocks. It's more about ridicule and embarrassment rather than rehabilitation, making repairs to society etc.. He has a drink problem, so surely some kind of support to help him with that and a spot of community service where he puts something back yes, people may see him picking up litter, but he's doing something constructive rather than just being humiliated. |
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