Courts should not send young computer criminals to jail. Do you agree?

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I agree. Courts should send them to camp, where they'll be forced to spend an entire summer in outdoor activities with no computer. Best way to fix computer criminals is to force them to live in the real world.

If that doesn't turn them around, --then-- let 'em spend a few years behind bars with the big boys to learn some valuable social skills.

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yea they could catch the aids virus.

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The statement is soft on criminals.

I do not agree with the statement.

All criminals should serve jail time, however it should be a very short stay.

While there they should be sterilized, have their hands amputated, have they eyes gouged out with hot pokers.

Then instead of housing them they should be air-dropped into Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan with 5 MRE's tied around their ankles.

If we did this with all criminals, we would have less criminals in our prison system. It would also give would-be criminals something to think about before they committed a crime.

I for one am not soft on crime. It makes me sick that the Sheriff in Orange County, California has to house 22,000 inmates. You might have heard of one of them: Paris Hilton.

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No.

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i believe that prison is not a place for children. It is also not a place to put non-violent offenders, such as people who struggle with chemical dependencies. People who are chemically dependent should be in REHAB, NOT PRISON! in my opinion, the only ones who should be in prison are murderers, rapists and violent offenders. they are in there to protect us from them because they are a danger to society. There are other ways to PUNISH people besides prison.

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No, criminals are criminals...if they are youthful (under 18) send 'em to juvie...

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Correct. These criminals should be given awards and their names should be recommended for Nobel prize.

Don't you have any conscience? Suppose these people took money out of your or some of your relatives account will you keep quiet?
Are you one of them since you are supporting them?

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dont do the crime if you cant do the time..scare them when young enough and maybe we will have a better chance at lowering the crime rate

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Why just stop at computer geeks then? How about letting any young person get away with a crime they have committed. I do not agree with your statement, even if it is a computer criminal, you have to remember, some of today's serial killers started out small like torturing animals. If you can't do the time, then don't the crime. This goes for juveniles as well.

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breaking the law is still breaking the law. they should be sentenced the same as a fast food worker would be, just because they have a skill does not exclude them from following the laws

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Well what is your reasoning? How young is young? How can we form an opinion when you have nothing to say on the matter or even elaborate on?

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Why, because they're young, because they used computers to break the law, or because they're not really criminals? Your logic here is either mysterious or simply missing.

Every case has to be tried individually, and each penalty needs to be weighed by the judge against the facts at hand. To generalize that they shouldn't go to jail is just as ridiculous as saying they should all go to jail.

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Do the crime
Do the time

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Depends on what they do. If they are using computers to commit fraud by hacking, yes, send them to jail.