Comments on: Costs of proposed criminal justice reforms staggering http://apublicdefender.com/2007/09/12/costs-of-proposed-criminal-justice-reforms-staggering/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2007/09/12/costs-of-proposed-criminal-justice-reforms-staggering/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 Gideon Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:53:22 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/09/12/costs-of-proposed-criminal-justice-reforms-staggering/#comment-5501 And these are the costs of doing so. The taxpayers of CT certainly have the right to know how much they will have to spend. There has to be a cost-benefit analysis in the end. And these are the costs of doing so. The taxpayers of CT certainly have the right to know how much they will have to spend. There has to be a cost-benefit analysis in the end.

]]> By: Sean O'Brien http://apublicdefender.com/2007/09/12/costs-of-proposed-criminal-justice-reforms-staggering/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 Sean O'Brien Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:13:34 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/09/12/costs-of-proposed-criminal-justice-reforms-staggering/#comment-5499 Of course, that doesn't take into consideration the considerable savings (in insurance costs, prevented property damage, medical costs etc.) that we get when we lock up criminals. This may sound trite, but criminals commit crime. People who rob old ladies tend not to do such things just once. People who break into houses typically do them more than ones. The bottom line is that repeat home invaders need to be locked up for a very very long time. Violent criminals, especially repeat ones, need to be locked up for a very very long time. That's the categorical imperative. Of course, that doesn’t take into consideration the considerable savings (in insurance costs, prevented property damage, medical costs etc.) that we get when we lock up criminals. This may sound trite, but criminals commit crime. People who rob old ladies tend not to do such things just once. People who break into houses typically do them more than ones.

The bottom line is that repeat home invaders need to be locked up for a very very long time. Violent criminals, especially repeat ones, need to be locked up for a very very long time.

That’s the categorical imperative.

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