63. What's better? Torture a criminal -tit for tat or try to tranform him to a better human?
Torture is definitely not the solution! I think that crimes can be divided into three categories: 1.premeditated crimes that are thought out 2.crimes of passion that happen in the moment 3.crimes where the perpetrator is suffering from mental issues It's been proven that the threat of punishment rarely deters #2 or #3. Even in the case of premeditated crimes, the perpetrator decides that the crime is worth the risk of punishment. Making the punishments worse and worse may slightly deter a small percentage of perps. but it would disproportionately over punish those that committed their crime out of desperation. Most of the jails here in the USA are filled due to drug related crimes. Selling drugs, for most, has become a source of income out of desperation. Using drugs and committing crime as a means to pay for an addiction falls under #3, mental issues. Of course their are greedy people that commit crimes (especially the rich!) but I believe that most people would love to have