http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/03/saudi-men-to-get-10-year-sentence-2000-lashes-for-dancing-on-vehicle/?intcmp=latestnews
This man in Saudi Arabia gets sentenced to 10 years in prison and 2000 lashes for dancing naked on the streets. Wow! He most likely will die first from the 2000 lashes before he can even go to prison!
The freedom that exists in USA is definately more compared to other nations, no agruments there but one can ask the question as to when this freedom becomes "too much" and everything becomes legal eventually?
America has more freedom but what are the effects on morals and ideals that America held close just deades ago? Are they dissapearing all too soon? Are social norms evaporating?
Very interesting. To be honest, when punishing criminals, I think its important for the institutions to ask themselves what they want to gain out of imposing a certain type of punishment. Additionally, to what extent is employing physical harm deterring the 'criminal' from potentially committing another crime?
ReplyDeleteThe Justice System is a very complex thing.
In America, there is a heavy emphasis on democracy and individual freedoms. With this in mind, there is a predominant liberal attitude in regards to what is taken seriously and what isn't.