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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

The question doesn't really make sense as asked. The entire criminal justice system, almost by definition, revolves around punishment.

Punishment has several different purposes such as deterrence, removal, rehabilitation. I suspect you wanted to ask about why some of these purposes are "better" than others…

Here's a comic explaining this: https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=60