Bolivia’s former interim president, Jeanine Anez, has been charged with genocide and other crimes over the deaths of 20 people who protested the ousting of the country’s longtime socialist leader, Evo Morales, in 2019.
Yeah thought the same. Idk anything about the criminal justice system in Bolivia, maybe they focus more on rehabilitation and don't have long mandatory sentences?
I’d argue that for political crimes (like genocide) the goal isn’t to reduce recidivism but a threat to stop other people doing the same in the future. You don’t really get the chance to do genocide twice.
If a life sentence for one murder isn't a deterrent, life for a hundred won't be, either.
Given the relative frequency at which anyone is actually prosecuted for mass murder relative to more banal crimes, I'm fine with limiting overall criminal liability. That's preferable to the US system of trying to tack on unlimited time for every conceivable infraction.
genocide gets you 10-20 years in Bolivia?? Pot dealers in the US get harsher sentences lol
Yeah thought the same. Idk anything about the criminal justice system in Bolivia, maybe they focus more on rehabilitation and don't have long mandatory sentences?
Andrews Brevik got the maximum allowed sentence and that was only 13 years.
There is a sociological argument that keeping people in jail into their 50s and 60s is pointless, as recidivism plummets.
I’d argue that for political crimes (like genocide) the goal isn’t to reduce recidivism but a threat to stop other people doing the same in the future. You don’t really get the chance to do genocide twice.
If a life sentence for one murder isn't a deterrent, life for a hundred won't be, either.
Given the relative frequency at which anyone is actually prosecuted for mass murder relative to more banal crimes, I'm fine with limiting overall criminal liability. That's preferable to the US system of trying to tack on unlimited time for every conceivable infraction.