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File Name | S22-Policy-NCFCA-15-NEG-GEN-Justice.docx |
File Size | 1,023.94 KB |
Date added | October 11, 2021 |
Category | Policy (NCFCA) |
Author | Vance Trefethen |
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction
This is a generic Negative brief to be used when you don’t have any Negative evidence specific to the case AFF is running. If AFF case is based on any philosophy of criminal sentencing “other than” Justice, you can run this brief. Other philosophies are things like: Deterrence of crime, rehabilitation, incapacitation of criminals. This brief argues that these other AFF goals/philosophies are wrong, don’t matter, and shouldn’t be the basis of any policy. Affirmatives who run plans based on any goal other than Justice are misguided and their plans should be rejected with a Negative ballot.
Justice means punishing the criminal exactly as he deserves.
Deterrence doesn’t matter: It doesn’t matter whether the punishment would be deterring others from committing the same crime or not. For example, we could have a death penalty for expired parking meters, and it would probably deter people from staying too long at parking meter spaces. But executing someone over a 25 cent fee would be unjust. And if deterrence is the goal, we could punish innocent people and just tell everyone they’re guilty. But that would be unjust. Justice trumps deterrence.
Rehabilitation doesn’t matter: The only people the government forcibly rehabilitates are those who deserve it – criminals. Determining who deserves to be rehabilitated and who doesn’t means we have to solve justice first and foremost. And the mindset of rehabilitation is that crime is a disease rather than an evil choice. Evil choices need to be punished with a penalty that justly fits the crime. Justice trumps rehabilitation.