Even capital punishment did not lower the crime rate to 0.
Harsher sentencing doesn’t necessarily help beyond a certain minimum level required to make people consider it a meaningful punishment. The more important thing is consistent and vigorous application of the law. If people aren’t even being investigated, let alone charged or convicted, they’re going to feel emboldened to continue offending.
Harsher sentencing doesn’t necessarily help beyond a certain minimum level required to make people consider it a meaningful punishment. The more important thing is consistent and vigorous application of the law. If people aren’t even being investigated, let alone charged or convicted, they’re going to feel emboldened to continue offending.