topher180 t1_j6nrm36 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:15 PM

Reply to comment by puttinonthefoil in Life in Prison Plus 25 Years for Defendant Who Shot 21-Year-Old Man in Broad Daylight by SuperBethesda

I’m not bringing vitriol. I’m also aware there’s conflicting data in regards to sentencing. There isn’t though, to my knowledge, conflicting information regarding gun violence offenses. Aren’t you at least open to other data which doesn’t jive with your own instincts?

puttinonthefoil t1_j6o426m wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:30 PM

There isn’t conflicting data on sentencing. The modern studies all say the same thing, and it is logically true - do you know the penalty for grand larceny? Aggravated assault? No, of course you don’t. So how is a long potential sentence a deterrent?

I don’t have an instinct on this, I read the data and see what it says. And the modern studies all say the same thing: harsher penalties do not deter crime.