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849 points dvektor | 3 comments | 16 Jun 25 12:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.882s | source
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ArthurStacks[dead post] ◴[16 Jun 25 17:08 UTC] No.44291367[source]▶
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bastawhiz ◴[16 Jun 25 17:49 UTC] No.44291709[source]▶
Sorry, but this is a disgusting take. Addiction is well established as an illness. It's outright shameful to suggest that someone who is going through recovery is purely doing it as a grift. What you're suggesting is that we can't trust that rehabilitation is possible or reasonable, which is a deeply cruel prospect.
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croemer ◴[16 Jun 25 18:06 UTC] No.44291881[source]▶
Rehabilitation is great. But you might have the wrong idea about the crime.

It wasn't just addiction. He had enough U-47700 for 30,000 trips (30 thousand). See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44291172

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1. bastawhiz ◴[16 Jun 25 22:08 UTC] No.44293851[source]▶
I'm not disputing that. But someone doesn't simply decide to acquire that much of a very serious drug with a sound mind. Is it fair to treat a crime the same for two people if one person is suffering from schizophrenia and the other is of sound mind?

Simply saying "you did a terrible thing, and that's irredeemable" isn't useful to society. What good are you doing if you've rehabilitated the criminal? You're just spending tax dollars on principle. It's cruel and unproductive.

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2. ArthurStacks ◴[17 Jun 25 01:23 UTC] No.44294901[source]▶
Great, go take that idea to the parents who want justice for the child who is dead due to scumbags like this guy.
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3. bastawhiz ◴[18 Jun 25 01:30 UTC] No.44305819[source]▶
It doesn't matter what the parents think. Truly. Prison isn't and has never been about making the family of victims whole. And this guy didn't kill anyone.
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