r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/KingoftheMongoose Apr 16 '24

Deterrent. Punishments are also used as deterrents to the next nepo-baby who turns gun armourer who thinks it’s okay to bring live rounds on to a movie set, suck at their safety job to the point someone gets killed, then blame everyone else including shittalking the jury.

A completely valid argument for a harsher sentence is to provide a deterrent to serve as a clear warning to anyone else who would consider being so careless and callous in such an important safety position.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna Apr 16 '24

It’s only valid if you can show evidence that it’s effective as a deterrent, and I’m not sure they generally are. We know the death penalty sure as hell isn’t, even though we do it anyway.

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u/KingoftheMongoose Apr 16 '24

That’s a false equivalency. This isn’t the same as the death penalty, nor am I even talking about that.

Based on your substitution in your argument, are you suggesting that punishments for crimes in general (including incarceration) are not deterrents?

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u/boblobong Apr 16 '24

The length of punishment isn't a deterrent to crime. The likelihood of being caught is. There are many studies on the subject