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Ewing v. California

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The Good Boy Bad Boy Theory

This is why all of criminal law eventually devolves into good boy bad boy theory. The only thing you're not punishing them for is the crime that they actually committed. You made a judgement about who they are and what they are. And as Viannon said earlier, it is less than human, an animal, not someone worthy of real protection. We should say that Gary Ewing did die in prison in 2012, about 12 years after he was imprisoned for stealing three golf clubs.

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