How about mandatory minimum 2 year jail sentences for folks who steal cars?
“jail sentences”
Many leftists jurisdictions have cut back on jail because of:
1. its cost
2. its associated possibility of reducing the leftist voter base
3. it can result in a criminal losing honest employment
What could be done for minor crimes is saying requiring petty criminals to serve say 100 hours within a courthouse room or in an outside pen of the courthouse say within 100 days, or face say 30 days of actual jail time.
There would be no need to pay for their medical care or food (and they would still be able retain an honest job since they could pick the times that they serve their sentence).
To encourage them to serve such time, the time they serve within say 10 days of their arrest might be double credited and that within 11 to 30 days given a 50% bonus, decreasing by 1% a day thereafter.
The mere threat of actual incarceration can be quite effective. The IRS collects about a trillion dollars annually upon threats of imprisonment.
That’s too simple.
[How about mandatory minimum 2 year jail sentences for folks who steal cars?]
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