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But harsher sentences will just piss them off more ya know Sopkoviak Jan 2015 #1
So, somebody actively trying to kill people will be even more angry if the sentence is longer? nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2015 #2
It's a bit silly, isn't it? sibelian Jan 2015 #6
France could have learned a thing or two from us Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #3
lots of room between two extremes. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #4
Not when you see the world only in black and white LordGlenconner Jan 2015 #5
+1 nt Live and Learn Jan 2015 #21
Oh. Was that guy a murderer? sibelian Jan 2015 #8
He was a terrorist Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #9
Nor were these murderers at the time being discussed. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #17
Yeah, because life inprisonment for planning/abetting terrorism brentspeak Jan 2015 #11
Life in jail does NOT have to include torture. MoonRiver Jan 2015 #12
And this has nothing to do with the thread. GGJohn Jan 2015 #13
Nobody is advocating anything like that. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #15
Europe gets a lot of things right, but criminal justice is not one of them. Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #7
"In some cases a bit too", arguably, but in some cases (cannabis, for example) still too strict. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #18
The Nordic countries routinely top the rankings for best justice systems JonLP24 Jan 2015 #19
that's not merely lenient TorchTheWitch Jan 2015 #10
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #14
I certainly don't favor the Jose Padilla option JonLP24 Jan 2015 #16
I didn't catch this the first time - suspended sentence JonLP24 Jan 2015 #20
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