4 Jul
2001
4 Jul
'01
6:48 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
The problem is not that parole exists--be thankful that it does. The problem is the criminalization of every area of life.
But just as Tim argues, the latter always involves cost-effectiveness too. All in all, constitutions should have adequate protections against black letter law and, more generally, "free" criminalization of any conduct. There should always be a sufficient, predictable cost associated with putting people away to guard against criminalization for convenience, prudence and political gain only. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front