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[@Zincy](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5245422#post_5245422)
> undermines the retributive
One of the things they hammered into us the hardest in law school was that penal law should _never_ bet retributive; the point is to first protect innocents, if possible reform criminals, and with "deterrence" being a very, very distant third. Retribution is an abhorrence.