Glenn Loury - You can put a person in jail for 5 years, for 10 years, or 20 years, for th

You can put a person in jail for 5 years, for 10 years, or 20 years, for the same crime. We're deciding on 10 years to 20 years, when 5 years would be enough. Okay. The deterrent value, the additional amount of leverage that you get over a criminal to keep them from breaking the law in the first place, associated with making the sentences longer, is de minimous; it's essentially nothing.

- Glenn Loury

source: Source: bigthink.com

topic: Crime, Enough, Okay