Then how should nonviolent offenders be punished?
A stern warning, in the firmest possible language, preferably in writing.
“Then how should nonviolent offenders be punished?”
1. Take their stuff. If they have a pot to piss in, take it and auction it. BUT ONLY as part of a judicial process.
2. Fines and restitution.
3. Electronic handcuffs, curfew, electronic monitoring, community service, chain gangs.
4. Consider a return to corporal punishment.
5. Start thinking real hard about what should and should not be felonious conduct.