A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.

  • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Rehabilitation and revenge are two out of the four aims of sentencing. There’s also deterrence and prevention: sending a message to everyone else that this is not okay, and simply keeping the convict away from the public so they can’t hurt anyone else.

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      1 year ago

      Except we have the data for this. Long sentences don’t work effectively for deterrence. If it did, sure. Since it doesn’t, that’s not valid.