Originally Posted by n4zhg

Not good enough. When the ex-cop is helplessly watching from his jail cell while his wife and kids live in a refrigerator box eating out of garbage cans because even the homeless shelter won't take them in, I'll consider that enough punishment has occurred. And not just for bad cops, but for anyone who abuses their authority. ($300/yr to have a blog in Philadelphia? O RLY?)

There are times when a particularly egregious event hits the news that I believe physical castration and tubal ligation of the offending "public servant"'s offspring sound just about right and the 8th Amendment be damned. Nits make lice, after all, and abusers tend to run in families.