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Increasing the amount of total punishment given is not a good idea unless the american people are currently underpunished.
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One of the reasons that crimes against black people are underpunished, is that those crimes are committed mostly by black people.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment 2009
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If we care about deterrence, we have to face a fundamental economic reality: many criminals are underpunished because other criminals are overpunished.
More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007
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If we care about deterrence, we have to face a fundamental economic reality: many criminals are underpunished because other criminals are overpunished.
More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007
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Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now.
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"Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now."
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"Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now."
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Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now.
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Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now.
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"Because he was underpunished before is not justification to overpunish him now."
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