Which sentence is better? Thanks!
1. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals which are less dangerous than it is necessary to control.

2. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals for they are less dangerous than we have to allocate the resources.

3. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals which are not so dangerous as they've got to be controled.

4. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals for their personal dangerousness makes the allocation of the resources less than necessay.

Question

Which sentence is better? Thanks!
1. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals which are less dangerous than it is necessary to control.

2. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals for they are less dangerous than we have to allocate the resources.

3. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals which are not so dangerous as they've got to be controled.

4. Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on those crimes and criminals for their personal dangerousness makes the allocation of the resources less than necessay.

Answer

The first parses a little better. To me, both feel a little unnatural, although I'm not sure why. I would consider:

Therefore, we should not waste our limited judicial resources on the crimes and criminals that are less dangerous than it is necessary to control.

Although even in this case, it might be worth rewriting the sentence.

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