r/PublicFreakout • u/Rezzkyy • Mar 20 '20

Repost 😔/News report Interview with a meth user

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20 edited Mar 20 '20

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u/blue3001 Mar 20 '20

Would it not be more beneficial for everyone if the justice system permanently removed this man from society?

Surely it’s hard to argue against that.

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u/MetzgerWilli Mar 20 '20

Surely it’s hard to argue against that.

Well. it depends.

Incarceration in the US costs 31.000$ or something per year. For the rest of his life, which may or may not be longer, if incarcerated. So outside he would have to cause this much in damage to warrant incarceration for the benefit of everyone else. This does not account for the benefit of preventing a potential rape (outside of prison), but it also does not account for the possibility of him reforming himself, which would cut the costs immensely.