Is the Criminal Justice System for You? Yeah, I'm Always There.

LZ Granderson: What is the criminal justice system for, right? LZ: If you think of it as purely retributive, then like, yeah, give her 50 years feels like justice. He says that what actually deters people from committing crimes is the probability of getting caught. LZ: One study indicates that when the chances of getting caught are low and the punishments are high, it results in more criminality because people feel like everyone is doing this and I got caught. So we should be sitting here uncomfortably like we should feel uncomfortable about this outcome.