Incarceration is for punishment as well as for the safety of society.
That may be, but the punishment should at least fit the crime. What is accomplished by locking up non-violent offenders at taxpayers' expense? Nothing. Wouldn't it make much more sense to punish her by making her work to repay what it cost the people in resources and manpower?
I think that thirty or sixty days in the pokey, as
well as restitution of taxpayers' monies for the LE search,
would be an appropriate punishment. Hell, she's apparently already done a few weekends, secretly, in jail for previous offenses, so she should at least get the same for
this more egregious crime. That,
coupled with psychological treatment, again, I believe would be proper for staging her own (violent appearing) abduction and rape. And you
do realize that she must first be charged in the system to be forced to get that treatment.
The worst punishment for us kids when we were little was when my dad would say "Go to your room and think about it." That, to us, was worse than getting spanked, as it REALLY caused us to feel remorse and guilt...FOR our guilt.
Jennifer needs to go to her room and think about it--this time for more than the weekend. She chose to throw everyone under the bus.