Stanford sexual assault: judge facing recall campaign over light sentence

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26. a couple of different thoughts on this issue--one of the reasons why we punish people is to stop

people from engaging in the same behavior. There's the old joke about the criminal who is being hung after stealing a horse. He says to the judge, "That's too severe--hanging me for stealing a horse." And the judge tells him, "It's not for you're stealing a horse, but it's so other people don't steal a horse." (Frankly, stealing a horse should not be a capital offense, but that's a different matter. Giving someone an incredibly light sanction after a horrendous act a certain license would allow others to think that that particular crime is unimportant.)

in his book, "Tribe", writer Sebastian Junger noted that one of the reasons why early Native American tribes were generally peaceful was that greed was controlled, and that if people were really greedy, they might in the long run be put to death.

But none of the Wall Street bankers are in jail, billionaires in the Supreme Court rig the political and economic system, and it is easy to see that this is one of the reasons why so many Americans are upset at the current system.

Thom Hartmann has been focusing on this issue over the last several weeks and has had Junger on his radio show and on his RT TV show.

go Bernie!