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).
The last was disappointingly predictable.
As per a recent comment this thread is meant to voice contrarian opinions, that is anything this community tends not to agree with. Thus I ask you to post your contrarian views and upvote anything you do not agree with based on personal beliefs. Spam and trolling still needs to be downvoted.