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Originally Posted by livius drusus
I agree. I think compensatory justice is sorely underutilized, not just in white collar crimes either. Politicians love retributive justice because it makes them look hard (which we all know is directly proportional to penis size), but in terms of social value, there is a great deal to be said for working out punishment based on a stardard of fair compensation for injury.
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I think violent criminals need to be housed AWAY from society...but you're right, even they could be doing something of value. I'll bet we could come up with a bunch of things that would reduce the cost of the corrections system, possibly educate/enrich or at the very least occupy the offender in some way, and benefit the community in some substanttial way (we only need so many people picking up trash....I wish our judges were more creative)
White collar criminals just seem the easiest to start with because they have skills that can be utilized. They used them for evil, now force them to use them for good
