In reply to Jack Ji, Shampoo said:

Perfectly. That's why I didn't type the word ACCUSED. That's why I said
criminal, as in already convicted? I quite understand, thank you. 

    You see, Shampoo, the United States Constitution, in its goal to
protect the citizen from encroachment by the government, uses a judicial
system of the accused's peers (fellow citizens, as opposed to the
government). This system
is inclined to make mistakes, and the US court system averages a 10%
innocent conviction rate (this rate is higher for blacks and males than it
is for
whites and females) as well as a 10-15% guilty release rate (which is higher
for whites and females than blacks and males). The framers of the Bill of
Rights wrote the 8th amendment to protect those innocent people who were
convicted from being damaged to the point they couldn't properly re-enter
their life. You see, there are approximately 10% of the convicted rapists in
prison right now who are INNOCENT, and you would painfully castrate them to
REVENGE the victim. This doesn't help the victim, but rather instills a desire
for revenge in the convicted, which may lead to a formerly innocent person now
going out to seek revenge for having their life shattered by someone.

[clap clap clap]

nothing like stats to back up your facts.

signed, phoneynt
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