The problem with this is that we generally don't punish anyone; we try to craft a remedy which prevents them from continuing the disruptive behavior at issue. Giving a "lighter sentence" would mean that rather than fully preventing the behavior they would continue to have an opportunity to keep on doing it.
Fred
From: "Patrick Aiden Hunt" skyler1534@comcast.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:49:56 -0400 To: "'English Wikipedia'" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] ArbCom Community Service
Perhaps in the future ArbCom can be given the option of giving community service in exchange for a lighter sentence.