My heart is bursting. On the eve of my first child's birth, my dad - who's been in prison nearly my entire life - was granted clemency. He never intended harm, yet his crime devastated many families. My heart breaks for the families that can never get their loved ones back.
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Why should you be able to see your dad if those sons and daughters of those who died in the commission of a crime he was involved with dont ever get to see theirs? Can you actually give a good answer to those families? This is what justice should have been but is now been undone
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Replying to @truthsaiers @chesaboudin
The actual answer to your question lies in whether you believe prisons end result is supposed to be for punishment, rehabilitation, or a combination of the 2.
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1) protect society from criminals at least during their time in prison. 2) deter future criminals: credible threat of prison prevents some people who might be otherwise tempted 3) punish. So that victims or their families don’t enact revenge on their own. 4) reform
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Replying to @LogankillsDaken @TheFates4 and
Lol 1) score points for "tough on crime" politicians. 2) create value for private prison investors. 3) destroy communities that could significantly disrupt the status quo if organized 4) punish people mostly for property crimes or low level drug offenses Welcome to America
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Replying to @Figgis_Newtonia @TolstoyNeo and
Yes. People wishing an abolition of prison and police forget that this would not lead to peace but rather to a reign of warlords and militias. Much more ruthless.
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Humans have lived in societies free of the punitive, purposefully-inhumane style of American prisons without being ruled by bloodthirsty warlords. Stop making things.
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