@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
I get it. But this is backwards. Most drug crimes are non-violent. And the argument has always been that drugs should not be criminalized to the extent they are. Prosecuting sedition is not about deterrence. It's about making sure people know it's considered wrong.
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@dfsparks ("Federico Chispas") wrote:
There’s an element of buying into conservative framing of criminal prosecution as deterrence. People still commit drug crimes no matter how often drug crimes get prosecuted. https://twitter.com/teri_kanefield/status/1454972719519305730