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Ewing v. California

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The Importance of Perceptions in Sentence Guidelines

The biggest thing for deterring crime is convincing people they won't get away with it. People don't do complicated risk analyses where they're like, well, there's like a 7% chance I'll get caught. It's actually crazy how little of a deterrent effect harsher sentences have and it feels irrational, but it's just true. You shouldn't have to have these fucking philosophical debates about this shit."

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