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Harsher sentances only work if a potential criminal knows that they will get caught. No criminal who commits a crime expects to get caught (with the exception of a few institutionalized folks who prefer prison to homelessness). Therefeore, they don't expect to "pay the price" of their crime, so any level of punishment will not deter them.
The only good prison does is keep some assholes out of society for a certain amount of time. Prison *may* be able to rehab some prisoners, but in it's current form, it does just the opposite.
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