10 years is a life sentence, anything more is satisfying bloodlust in voters to keep the magick trick of civilization afloat.
This human impulse is why aliens don't visit. We're too barbaric to ourselves! xD
This human impulse is why aliens don't visit. We're too barbaric to ourselves! xD
Retribution is a valid component of justice. But I’d argue, in the case of a fraudster, incapacitation is of equal concern.
Billions of dollars of fraud that took years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawyer fees to prove should have a sentence that is a strong deterrent to future crime probabilities.
If we continue to run prisons the way we do in America, all sentencing needs to go through a strong base log function, and be strictly concurrent.
Retribution is a valid component of justice.[1]
[1] Stolen from another commenter above