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Old 05-03-2008, 09:35 AM
Tileman Tileman is offline
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Myself, I'm still not cool with people being imprisoned for years at a time for non-violent so called crimes.
I echo this quote for a slew of reasons. So called *White collar crimes* should have it's own set of punishment separate from *Blue collar crimes* which may or may not require imprisonment. Restitution for breaking the law is an absolute necessity but to imprison a person whom is not a threat to society and in fact contributes much more positive than negative ought not be imprisoned for a first timeoffense that can so easily be repaid.

Had he been guilty of tons of offenses and defiantly dragging things through courts when he's obviously wrong should carry more punishment but not 3 years. I also prefer the option for many white collar crimes to pay restitution with a substantial fine as opposed to prison. Of course some white collar crimes are very deserving of prison, especially when it does harm other people.
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