Plenty of people want criminals to suffer. Eg, from earlier in this thread:
> In cases where the victim never gets to move on with his or her life how much should we work towards making sure the victimizer can?
Ie, “the perpetrator should suffer at least as much as the victim”. I’m sympathetic to the argument that this is medieval and not aligned with humanist ethics. But plenty of people, at least in the US obviously think this way.
I know I shouldn't read reddit comments, but I always find it alarming how many people want to throw people in jail immediately for any minor infraction.
> In cases where the victim never gets to move on with his or her life how much should we work towards making sure the victimizer can?
Ie, “the perpetrator should suffer at least as much as the victim”. I’m sympathetic to the argument that this is medieval and not aligned with humanist ethics. But plenty of people, at least in the US obviously think this way.