Very good points. I would ask you to think about who the victim of these “crimes” are. For example, if you tint your windows too dark in your car, who is actually harmed by this? Not very clear if anyone is. On the other hand, it is very clear who is harmed in the event of theft. In that case, justice would be to make the victim whole. Return the stolen items and compensate the victim for any loss of productivity in the absence of those items. If someone stole my car and destroyed it, I’m not getting justice when that person goes to jail. I still need a car lol
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Exactly, those are also great points. Justice is making things right - what we have is, at best, a revenge system.
And the revenge system has bad incentives because the revenge is profitable to someone. Someone benefits when people go to jail for longer sentences at the expense of taxpayers.