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stronglikedanyesterday at 8:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Liability doesn't fix the damage that is already done.

Neither does imprisoning murderers for life, but it's one heck of a deterrent.


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jmcqk6yesterday at 9:58 PM

There are quite a few people who murder despite the risk of incarceration. I would love a system that approaches it more like: "you've lost trust of this civilization to act in good faith, and now you will be contained in a way that can rebuild that trust, and you will not be allowed to re-enter this civilization until you have indeed rebuilt that trust."

We'll probably never get there.

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noosphryesterday at 8:52 PM

The only time it's worked is in El Salvador and it was because they arrested the 2% of the population who had the potential to be murderers and have so far thrown away they key. I imagine before too long they will also have a final solution to the problem of feeding them for the next 50 years.

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