• Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    I never can decide if Snoop Dogg is an evil genius who got away with it or if he’s a great illustration that redemption can actually happen.

    If the latter, we are most certainly approaching criminal justice the wrong way.

    Before we talk about acquittals or dropped cases, I still feel pretty strongly that he was no angel when he was younger. Today he comes across as downright wholesome.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      If the latter, we are most certainly approaching criminal justice the wrong way.

      I think we have a winner. Unfortunately.

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        Looking at the context that seemed like he just wanted to end a feud he started by pointing a gun at an effigy of Trump in a 2017 music video

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      People can change. Rehabilitation should be the primary goal of incarceration. Not that he necessarily served his time, I just think that way of viewing crime/criminals is unhelpful.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      Age is strongly correlated with muting the effects of Cluster B personality disorders like ASPD that are associated with violence. It’s not effective in all cases of course, as evidenced by Trump.

      • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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        Yesterday I have read here that mr beast is a psychopath because „he has it in his eyes”, here another diagnosis. I see we have a full suite of experts