I think we need to really start throwing the book at people who commit UNPROVOKED violence against others - long sentences with no parole. If the jails are too full, put the non violent offenders on house arrest.
I think we need to start throwing small pieces of lead (at very high velocity) at people who commit unprovoked violence. If they manage to avoid all of those pieces, THEN we can put them on house arrest.
Rabid animals are killed, not contained.
While liberals carry a lot of the burden for failing to do this, conservatives are just as guilty because conservatives cannot tell the difference between soemone who commits violent uprovoked mayhem, and someone who merely committed one of about 10,000 sins that indicate a lack of their idea of god's grace. Liberals only want to lock up those who commit a crime against liberal thought, and conservatives want to lock up everyone, as near as I can tell, since we are all guilty of something.
This is why in any choice between all the dems and all the repubs the overwhelming favorite is none of the above.
“I think we need to really start throwing the book at people who commit UNPROVOKED violence against others - long sentences with no parole.”
The victim DID provoke his attackers, he was white.