WHY DO PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES VARY?
(from elsewhere)
—“The reason for differences in sentencing, which are true, result from the law having three objectives 1) restitution (if possible), 2) prevention of repetition (repeating), 3) prevention of imitation (spreading). Those who have more to lose are more able to perform restitution and less likely to engage in repetition, and their punishments more likely to limit imitation. The only way to shorten punishments is to create good families good homes, good parenting, good education so that current losers have incentive not to enter the system.”—