@Mags: Of course I understand that losing one's freedom isn't exactly something desirable... It's a complicated question, and there are many aspects of it. Why I chose what I chose is probably because I hate seeing people get away with serious crimes with a pat on the shoulder and "don't do it again". I hate having mental patients stabbing 5-year-olds to death or hitting 3-year-olds in the head with an axe just because the justice system let them off lightly. Could also be what I know of Swedish prisons - your own cosy little cell, complete with TV. If you do any work in prison, you get paid. You get the chance to educate yourself. You can smuggle in all the drugs and cell phones you want (at least you could up until recently). People from the Baltic countries come here and comit crimes just so they can go to jail because they know they'll be better off in a Swedish prison than in their own country.
But you're right, I cannot argue with you on that one.
It all depends on the crime and the sentence and circumstances... you don't want cruel and violent psychopaths to go free; on the other hand you don't want innocent people locked in for life.
But you're right, I cannot argue with you on that one.
It all depends on the crime and the sentence and circumstances... you don't want cruel and violent psychopaths to go free; on the other hand you don't want innocent people locked in for life.
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