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wasoxygen  ·  3260 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America finally has the Tsarnaev photo it wanted

    I don't think there's ever been any evidence that punishment ever does anything effective.

I am sympathetic to your perspective, but this ignores any deterrent effect, which is probably very hard to measure.