Our country spends billions of dollars trying to keep things fair from criminals. Community service should be handed out way more in larger amounts for smaller crimes like theft, drugs, vandalism little petty things like that, rather than jail time which costs taxpayers a fortune. Rather than pay for them to pay for their crimes, actually make them contribute something to the world. As for severe crimes such as murder and rape, it should be investigated that the right person is found, and a severe punishment should follow. A murderer, if they kill someone in cold blood with little reason, they catch a bullet. If they torture someone to death, they themselves should die slowly. If they are a rapist, they should get raped before they die. If you assault someone, you should get your ass kicked for it. Crime rates would be way lower if it was like that. There are an average of 15000 to 18000 murders in the US every year. If people really had to worry about getting killed for being a murderer, that rate would drop considerably. The system in the US is way too easy on severe offenders, and way too harsh on people who commit petty crimes. That and the courts have to treat everyone the same regardless of what crime they commit. An idiot drunk who gets arrested for peeing on a sidewalk would get treated just the same as a child molester or serial killer...is that fair?