jellynail wrote:
You know, I can remember a time when you'd ask a judge or police officer or really anyone why we sent criminals to prison, and part of their answer would be something like "Well, part of the prison program is to rehabilitate prisoners back into society, give them education and training so they can get good jobs when they're released." And then they would chuckle a bit, like they knew that was never going to happen, but they felt obligated to say it somehow. I can't remember the last time I heard someone say something like that, now, even in jest. It's all about revenge now. We gotta "bring the criminal to justice."
1. Revenge is not a dirty word. I have no problem with it.
2. Rehabilitation generally doesn't work, especially for murderers and rapists.
3. Why focus on the criminal's rights? What about the rights of the rest of society to be free from people like that?