Re: jail is a deterrent (as well as a punishment)
>I would be happy to see life sentences for 419 and "your computer has a virus" scammers
As a taxpayer, would you also be happy to pay for the associated jail costs? I recall one of the big components of the California budget crisis a few years back was all those 100K+/year correctional officers. Whose union had probably heavily promoted 3 strike laws.