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I guess my problem with an eye for an eye is that I don't want to descent to the level of cruelty of the criminal.

I guess I just don't have the stomach for criminal justice.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 06:41:53 AM EST
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As I've noted before, the Finnish penal system specifically excludes any sense of punishment, and devotes itself (quite successfully)  to rehabilitation.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 06:47:44 AM EST
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