“Ethan Crumbley will be sentenced in a hearing Friday for killing four students and wounding seven others when he opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021. Live news updates.”

  • stown@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Punishment, in this case, is used to attempt to dissuade others who would try to replicate his actions. It’s not going to work for a lot of people but it will for some. On the flip-side, one could argue that if he was helped by the authorities after his incident then some may see replicating it as a path to their own healing process… Pretty fucked up. I still think it would be better for society if this person was sentenced to the help they needed to reenter society as a functioning and contributing citizen.

    As for your second question, I don’t think there is one straight answer for that or at least I’ve never heard a satisfying one.