The Truth About Criminal Punishment They Don’t Teach You
February 26, 2026
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as posted by the channelPragmatic Optimists attorney Rachel Cohen and RI State Senator Tiara Mack go through Criminal Law 101, explaining the four theories of punishment supposedly used to justify criminal penalties in the United States and how disconnected they are from reality.
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