Punishing the Crime vs. Blacklisting the Soul
In a society that distinguishes the sin from the sinner, on the other hand, recitals of past misdeeds and impure thoughts are tolerated, and even encouraged.
Crime
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To Honor Murder Victims, Stop Fixating on the Race of Their Killers
In my experience, social-media-driven activists have been driven more to hate villains than to love and honor their victims. And the most hated villain is white supremacy.
The Biological Case for Criminal Justice Reform
“We’ve successfully banished the notion of punishment in that realm,” Sapolsky writes. “It may take centuries, but we can do the same in all our current arenas of punishment.”
Ferguson Effect Detractors Are Wrong
The violence surge continued into fall. Homicides in Baltimore reached their highest per capita rate in the city’s history.