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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Feb 16 19:35:49 2010, in response to Consequences & Punishment (was: 'Graffiti Teen' Hit By Subway Train), posted by Train Dude on Tue Feb 16 15:07:34 2010. The bottom line is that the loss of the leg was a consequence of the criminal behavior. We would fully expect that the criminal justice system would not forgive the bank robber solely because of the loss of the leg. It would still expect that some punishment is due.My mother had her leg amputated a couple of months shy of her 86th birthday. I was the caregiver during her recuperation. Recovery from a leg amputation is costly and time consuming. The expense does not stop with getting fitted with a prosthesis after half a year. Artificial legs have to be replaced every couple of years because the shape of the stump changes. They're expensive - several grand a pop. There's also the continuing cost of replacing wool socks for the stump when wearing the prosthesis. Wool socks of a calibrated thickness are not cheap. The problem is that incarceration will be more expensive to the prison system and society than letting the family bare these costs at home. If this person was encouraged by his neighbors that graffiti in tunnels was a right of passage, the sight of him hobbling around the neighborhood should be a far greater deterrent to others than a stay in prison. |