Idk, I think the death penalty is a much more appropriate penalty for white collar criminals than most other things. The amount of misery people can cause for nothing more than a number on a bank account, usually by people who never lacked for anything and knew in advance what would happen? That's the sort of shit that can only be prevented when death to oneself is the penalty.

A pederast, a murderer, a rapist won't be deterred by the death penalty and there's no meaningful redress from their deaths. A banker who sees another banker get fucking fried? Bet you he starts behaving a little better for a good while.

Edit: and you better believe rule compliance becomes a priority if the head of your department can get in deep shit for any corruption done under their watch.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A pederast, a murderer, aremoved won't be deterred by the death penalty and there's no meaningful redress from their deaths. A banker who sees another banker get fucking fried? Bet you he starts behaving a little better for a good while.

i know we have studies on harsher penalties not changing behavior for petty or interpersonal crimes but western countries don't punish corruption much at all so i don't know if there's anything from the academy on whether that applies to spreadsheet crimes. It certainly seems like it should deter, but it seems like it should for burglary too.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Harsher penalties on burglary would just make more burglaries end in murder. The prospect of 25 to life over stolen jewelry would certainly make one less inclined to leave witnesses.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

not just the second-order effects. People who are doing crime for survival aren't really affected by penalties, nor are compulsive shoplifters.