{"id":2169572,"date":"2024-02-06T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-criminal-justice-system-gave-up-on-punishing-criminals\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:56:04","slug":"why-the-criminal-justice-system-gave-up-on-punishing-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-criminal-justice-system-gave-up-on-punishing-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Criminal Justice System&#8217;s Abandonment of Criminal Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-the-criminal-justice-system-gave-up-on-punishing-criminals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2169572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2063Collapse of the Criminal \u2062Justice \u2063System: Tracing\u200b the \u200dOrigins of Lawlessness<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have talked extensively about the collapse of\u2064 the criminal justice system, \u2062but few people take the time to understand its \u2064roots. The truth is, \u200byou don&#8217;t have to look very far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our country is\u200b now governed\u2062 by individuals who reject\u2062 the idea\u200d of enforcing the law and punishing criminals. These people\u200b operate based on a set of\u200c particularly crazy\u2063 beliefs, one of which is the notion that punishment\u200c doesn&#8217;t deter crime.\u2063 This insane idea originated \u200bin our institutions of higher\u200b learning and has spread throughout society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It all started with\u2062 the claim that the\u200c death penalty doesn&#8217;t \u2062deter crime, a claim that has been proven\u200d false. \u2064However, this argument didn&#8217;t stop at the \u200ddeath penalty; it expanded to\u200b include all forms of harsh punishment. The prevailing argument today is that all punishment \u2064is pointless because\u2062 criminals don&#8217;t\u2062 consider the consequences\u200d of \u200btheir \u2062actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This\u2063 intellectual \u200borigin \u2064of the &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; approach to law enforcement is now \u200dprevalent in major cities across the country. The Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) adopted this approach without much\u2062 attention. In 2016, the National Institute of Justice,\u200b the research arm of the DOJ, published \u200da document titled &#8220;Five Things About Deterrence,&#8221; which serves as \u2064the modern manifesto of the\u200d anti-incarceration movement in the United\u2063 States.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The DOJ&#8217;s Manifesto on Deterrence<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According\u2064 to the DOJ&#8217;s document, the certainty\u200c of\u2064 being caught is a more powerful deterrent than the \u200bpunishment itself. Criminals are supposedly more \u2062concerned \u200cabout getting caught by the police than the length of their prison sentences. However, this argument fails to address the fact that if punishments are not severe, being caught loses its\u200c fear factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This\u200c flawed \u200dreasoning\u200d is evident in\u200d cities where criminals are caught \u2064but\u2063 not adequately punished, leading to\u200b a\u2063 cycle \u200dof repeat offenses. It&#8217;s like\u2063 saying that home invaders are deterred by guns, regardless \u200cof whether it&#8217;s a Glock or a super soaker. \u200dIt \u200csimply doesn&#8217;t \u2063make sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1309-why-the-criminal-justice-system-gave-up-on-punishing-criminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: \u200dThe Matt Walsh\u200d Show<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DOJ&#8217;s manifesto fails to provide\u2064 further explanation for \u200dthis point. It simply states that research \u200bshows the \u200cchance of being\u200c caught \u2062is a more effective deterrent than draconian punishment. However, buried in\u2064 the fine \u2063print is \u2063a citation to\u2062 an article by\u2062 Daniel Nagin, a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-hillsdale-college-fights-leftist-academics-by-expanding-charter-school-network\/\" title=\"Conservative Hillsdale College Fights 'Leftist Academics' by Expanding Charter School Network\">public policy professor<\/a> at Carnegie Mellon University. Nagin&#8217;s research supposedly proves\u200b that criminals don&#8217;t care \u200cmuch\u200c about punishment, only about the prospect\u2064 of being caught.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To investigate Nagin&#8217;s\u2062 claims, I found a \u2063clip from \u200byears ago where \u200bhe\u2064 states the obvious: more police officers lead to less crime. However,\u200b his argument differs from the DOJ&#8217;s. Nagin suggests that increasing the severity of existing prison sentences won&#8217;t have a significant deterrent effect. These \u2064are\u2064 two completely different arguments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nagin&#8217;s paper, cited by the DOJ, presents\u200b conflicting \u2063claims.\u2064 On one \u2064hand, he argues that existing prison sentences are sufficient deterrents and don&#8217;t need to be\u2063 longer. On\u200c the other hand, he states that imprisonment doesn&#8217;t have a specific deterrent effect compared to noncustodial sanctions. These contradictory\u200b claims\u2062 are the basis for the DOJ&#8217;s argument \u2063against deterrence, which\u2063 is truly bizarre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DOJ\u2063 goes on to \u200dclaim that sending convicted individuals to prison is not an \u2062effective way \u200dto deter crime. They argue\u200c that prisons \u2062are good for \u2062punishment and keeping criminals\u2064 off the\u2062 streets, but \u200blengthy sentences may actually\u2063 make inmates more \u200cdangerous and\u2064 desensitized to future imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK \u200bHERE TO GET THE DAILY \u200bWIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However,\u2062 if this claim were \u200ctrue, it \u2062would support longer punishments rather\u2063 than shorter ones. Life sentences, for example, \u200dwould remove individuals from society permanently. Strangely, the DOJ doesn&#8217;t mention this possibility. Instead, they conclude that criminals should \u2064be \u200dreleased \u2063earlier, despite \u2063acknowledging that prisons make them more dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DOJ&#8217;s \u200bdocument continues along these lines, claiming that police\u2064 deter\u200d crime by increasing\u2064 the perception of being caught\u2063 and punished. They \u200dalso argue that\u200d increasing the severity of punishment has\u200d little effect on deterring crime\u200d and that there is no proof that the\u2064 death penalty deters criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These latter \u2063claims contradict our understanding\u200c of human behavior. Longer and\u2062 harsher prison sentences do deter crime,\u200c as evidenced by thousands\u200d of years of human civilization. The DOJ&#8217;s reliance on\u200d random studies \u2063by questionable \u2063sociologists\u2063 contradicts the collective\u200d experience of\u200c mankind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moreover, the \u2063DOJ fails to consider the goal of incapacitation, which removes violent criminals from society \u2063to prevent further harm. While they briefly touch on this goal, they suggest that \u200dsending\u2063 criminals \u200cto prison for a\u200c long \u2063time \u200dmight \u2064be pointless because they \u200dwill naturally &#8220;age out&#8221; of criminal activity. \u2064This flawed thinking permeates the justice system from top to\u200b bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, it is impossible to conduct a fully accurate study of deterrence. We must rely on the history of human societies and our\u200d common sense understanding of human behavior. \u200cThe conclusion \u200cis clear: if we want to reduce crime, we must punish criminals severely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence supports the claim that longer prison sentences serve as a deterrent?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ent. This claim is not supported by any\u2064 evidence and goes against common sense. Longer prison sentences serve as \u2064a deterrent because they remove criminals from society and prevent them from committing more crimes. The idea that harsh punishments make inmates\u200b more dangerous is simply absurd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s important to note that the DOJ&#8217;s manifesto\u200d on deterrence\u2064 does not provide any justification for their\u200d claims. It merely\u200d states that research supports\u2063 their position, without \u200bproviding any \u2064details\u2063 or citing specific studies.\u200c This lack of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-financial-disclosures-contradict-propublica-smear-operation-against-clarence-thomas\/\" title=\"New financial disclosures disprove ProPublica's smear campaign on Clarence Thomas.\">transparency raises questions<\/a> about the validity of their \u200dargument and their\u2063 true motivations behind adopting this approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Consequences of the\u200d &#8220;Soft-on-Crime&#8221; Approach<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The adoption of \u2063the &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; approach by the DOJ and other institutions has had disastrous \u200bconsequences for our society.\u2063 Major cities across\u2064 the \u2063country have seen a surge in crime rates as criminals become \u2062emboldened by the lack of consequences for\u200b their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In cities \u200dlike Chicago and New \u2063York, prosecutors have adopted policies \u200dthat prioritize reducing prison populations over public safety. This has \u2062resulted in the \u200drelease of dangerous individuals \u200dback onto the streets, who then go on\u200d to commit\u200c more crimes. Innocent citizens are paying the price \u200cfor these misguided policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, the lack of consequences\u2064 for criminals has\u200c led to a \u200bbreakdown in \u200ctrust between law enforcement and \u2064the\u200d communities they serve. When criminals are not held accountable for their\u2062 actions, \u2062it\u2062 sends a message \u200bthat lawlessness \u2063and disorder are acceptable. This\u200c undermines \u2063the efforts of law \u2064enforcement officers who \u2062are working tirelessly to keep our communities safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>An Urgent Need for \u2062Change<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The collapse of the \u2063criminal justice system is a serious problem that requires immediate attention. We need leaders who are committed to upholding the rule of\u200c law and ensuring that\u2062 criminals face the consequences \u200bof their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reforming our criminal justice system\u200b starts with recognizing the flaws in the &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; approach \u200dand challenging the misguided beliefs \u200bthat underpin it. We need evidence-based\u2064 policies \u200dthat\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-ripped-for-tweet-saying-it-should-be-easier-to-vote-than-buy-a-gun\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe Ripped For Tweet Saying It Should Be Easier To Vote Than Buy A Gun\">prioritize public safety<\/a> and hold criminals accountable for their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, we must invest in our law enforcement agencies and provide\u200b them \u2064with the\u2062 resources they need to effectively combat crime. This includes hiring more police officers, improving training \u2064and equipment, and supporting community policing initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To address the root causes of crime, we must also focus on providing education, job\u2063 opportunities, and rehabilitation programs for individuals at risk of\u200b becoming involved in criminal activities.\u200c By addressing the underlying factors that contribute to criminal \u200cbehavior, we \u200bcan help\u200d break the cycle of crime\u200c and create safer communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u2064 collapse of the criminal\u200b justice system cannot be ignored or downplayed. It\u200d is a problem \u200cthat affects us all and requires immediate action. We must trace the origins of lawlessness and challenge the flawed \u2064beliefs that have led\u200b us\u2064 to this point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-pump-the-brakes-on-runaway-government-spending-without-ramping-up-inflation\/\" title=\"Controlling Government Spending: Curbing Inflation Risks\">implementing evidence-based policies<\/a>, investing in our law enforcement agencies, and addressing the root causes of crime, we \u2064can begin\u2064 to rebuild our criminal justice system\u2063 and\u200b create a society where the rule of law is respected and criminals are held accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collapse of the criminal justice system has far-reaching consequences that go beyond just the absence of justice and the rise of crime. It is crucial to understand the origins of this lawless anarchy, yet few bother to delve into its roots. 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