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Deterrence
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The defense argued that the 19-year-old pinhead who pointed a laser at a plane and a police helicopter didn't know it was powerful enough to cause trouble for pilots. The judge sentenced him to 30 months in federal prison. GOOD. Finally, they're getting tough enough to send a message to these idiots that you WILL be caught and you WILL go to prison for that. Amazing that in the comments to this article, there are a lot of people defending this guy as harmless and calling the sentence excessive. Do we need to wait for a plane to go down before punishing people for doing this? Don't we need to deter this behavior BEFORE it kills a plane full of people? (CNN)
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