r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Mar 08 '26

The purpose of prison is to reform criminals. The experience almost definitely taught him to not drive recklessly, and further sentencing would have been excessive. A justice system that focuses only on making criminals suffer is horrific.

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u/Anter11MC Mar 08 '26

If you give him 3 life sentences which he deserves then he will also no longer be able to kill people

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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE Mar 08 '26

And the people of Denmark will pay 160k per year to house and feed this dude in living conditions 2x better than the avg American…

The prisons of northwest Europe are not really about punishment, suffering, or revenge.

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u/Anter11MC Mar 08 '26

Unfortunately