(July 17, 2014 at 10:28 am)Chad32 Wrote: Its immorality is debatable, obviously, and it doesn't need to be as expensive as it is. It deters the individuals from committing other crimes in a better way than locking them up and hoping they don't break out or corrupt anyone else. Sociopaths are said to be charismatic, after all.
We don't punish people for crimes they may commit, someday. At least, that's what we like to tell ourselves.
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