On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:02:31 +0000, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

>> Sentencing MS to jail would only serve
>> to waste tax payers' dollars.
>
> She should be sentenced the same as any other person. If you or I did
> the same thing and would be sent to jail, she should also. If we would be
> given probation, they that should suffice for her.

Why should *non-violent* offenders be sent to jail? What purpose does jail
time server? It's not a deterrent, since people commit crimes thinking
they will not get *caught*. It's not about rehabilitation since recidivism
rates show it doesn't work. And it's not a proper punishment since it
doesn't fit every crime to have the person jailed. In Stewart's case, a
more proper punishment would be heavy fines commensurate with her income.
Jail doesn't do anything except to make the *taxpayers* pay for her
punishment.

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