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Models that turn on individuals' cultivating reputations as moralistic punishers clearly predict that psychological systems should be designed to increase punishment in response to information that one's decisions to punish will be known by others.
For 11 years the New York State Assembly has passed bills to increase punishment for bias-related crimes committed against gays and minority members.
The juvenile crime initiative follows a trend in voter-based measures in California to increase punishment for those who commit crimes.
A bill pending in the Virginia state legislature would dramatically increase punishment for people who "unlawfully" assemble after "having been lawfully warned to disperse". Those who do so could face a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
The legislation, the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, named for a black man dragged to death from the rear of a pickup truck in East Texas three years ago, would increase punishment for crimes prompted by prejudice about "sexual preference, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex or disability".
And for less serious hate crimes, it may not make good policy sense to increase punishment.
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This week the State Senate finally approved a bill that will increase punishments for those convicted of crimes motivated by hatred.
However, the FA spokesman also confirmed that an ongoing review of its disciplinary procedures could see a sliding scale introduced to increase punishments for serious offences.
He noted that it would increase punishments and rewards, including large amounts of development aid, to move farmers away from poppy cultivation.
Protesters and politicians have called for a special session of parliament to pass new laws to increase punishments for rapists – including possible chemical castration – and to set up fast-track courts to deal with rape cases within 90 days.
Trump also wrote that "Kate's Law," a bill that would increase punishments for criminals who illegally reenter the United States after being deported, would never pass with the filibuster in place.
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