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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
Once this product gets to be really well known and it's mentioned on the news or on commercials, rapists will think twice. Especially if news or commercials mention that something like "65% of women wear this product and the number is increasing". If I were a rapist and I heard those stats, that would scare the crap out of me.
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We have decades of empirical evidence that show, conclusively, that increasing the punishment does not act as a deterrent for major crimes, such as murder and rape. "Scaring the crap" out of a potential rapist is not really an issue, at all, no matter the statistic.
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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy
I know, and that's too bad. The justice system is designed to protect the criminal. Why? I wish I knew.
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There's literally no other way to run a justice system in a civilized nation.
The only thing that acts as a deterrent toward abusing the system is to protect the rights of the accused - and keeping a high standard (burden) for conviction is to ensure the rights of the innocent, not the rights of the guilty. It's really that simple.
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