re: #271 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Rather than just chucking people into prison, I really wish we had more appropriate and meaningful punishments.

For example, this woman could be given 8,000 hours of community service, working improving signage and road conditions to make them safer for motorcyclists.

Instead, we’ll put her in prison and hope that through some alchemy that will deter other people from making the same mistake.

The problem with that (at least down here in the States) is that such sentencing practices would likely be abused in order to provide cheap labor for road construction. After all, people doing community service aren’t paid. How would you guard against such risks?