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Comment author: Azathoth123 20 September 2014 10:15:57PM 0 points [-]

Drastically increasing sentences didn't drastically reduce crime, so...

Well, the crime did fall. Whether it was due to increased sentences or something else is still being debated.

Comparable countries have lower crime rates and lower prison populations,

They also have fewer people from populations with high predisposition to violence (and yes, I mean blacks).

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 20 September 2014 11:02:12PM 1 point [-]

The last was disappointingly predictable.

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