>It's more a matter of beings smart, I think. Minumum sentence for robbery here
>is 6 months, armed robbery at least 5 years and if someone dies, it's at least
>10 years. And sentences don't just add up, so it's not about 100 or 150 years,
>you actually have the chance of leaving prison without a coffin.

And that deters an unsmart, unstable, non-law-abiding, not-nice person how?

Here we have a lot of that get out of jail early crap, too.  The rate of
recidivism (SP?) is not low.

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