Should old people go to jail?

Slate’s Christopher Beam asks an interesting normative question: “Can someone be too old for jail?”  Granted, he goes on to answer the question in an entirely descriptive manner – explaining the legal systems of the U.S. and Europe.  Nonetheless, it’s a good moral question:  What is the purpose of sending people to jail – punishment?  deterrence?  desert?  – and is there a point in one’s life at which jailing them no longer serves that purpose?

-Marc

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August 14, 2009 · Filed Under Marc

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