Free will does not exist how you imagine.  Nobody decided to go to prison.
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You can decide to have chocolate or strawberry cake but you can not decide your genetics, your upbringing, your friends, your bad luck - that is why people end up in prison.
It is ironic that they same people who push for affirmative action think prison is fair system. You say women or minorities have prejudice against them yet the people with faulty genetics deserve what they get.
You say many people with bad luck etc still lead productive lives but that i would say is just some good luck that is all.
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We have to understand that in an ideal society that has existed on planet earth in the past there would be no need for police or prisons. There would be no crime, homelessness, violence or poverty. The criminals in our Canadian society are of entirely our own making.
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We used to say that here in Canada we wouldn't end up like the USA. But here you see it, society is always the victim, yet the indivi is blame