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CMV: A "tight-aggressive" style of criminal justice, where serious felonies are harshly punished but minor crimes get a slap on the wrist, is the best style.

Currently, the US imprisons far too many people for minor, non-violent drug offenses. As of now, over 2 million people languish in prison in the US, almost 1% of the adult population. To make matters worse, oftentimes, prisons become training grounds for low level criminals or sites of gang recruitment. Handing out long prison sentences to nonviolent drug offenders may actually make the streets more dangerous. It makes no sense that you can get 20 years in prison for smoking a joint, a completely victimless crime.

I think the criminal justice system needs serious reform. I am borrowing a term from poker: tight-aggressive. In poker, this means you play few hands, but play them aggressively. I think this style works in most areas of life, criminal justice included. We should punish the worst criminals (murderers, rapists) very harshly and aggressively. I am okay with life in prison or death for such criminals. However, minor crimes such as small-scale drug possession, shoplifting, simple assault, minor traffic infractions, etc. should receive rehabilitative justice instead. Examples include drug recovery centers for drug possession, anger management classes for simple assault, traffic school for traffic offenses, etc. I do not think there should be jail time for such minor crimes, particularly the first offense. We should rehabilitate those that can be rehabilitate, and eliminate those that cannot be.
gpt
>We should punish the worst criminals (murderers, rapists) very harshly and aggressively

>We should ... eliminate those that cannot be [rehabilitated].

What makes you think that murders and rapists can't be rehabilitated? Without quibbling over details, there's plenty of empirical evidence that recidivism rates for such crimes aren't anywhere close to 100%. Is it possible that you think that they *shouldn't* be rehabilitated, or don't *deserve* to be rehabilitated?

Is there a sufficiently low recidivism rate for eg murder that would change your mind about your policy?