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It's fucking barbaric not only that the death penalty still exists in some states but also that solitary confinement is a thing and even prisoners that aren't a danger to others get put in it. (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Just heard on the news today that Luigi is probably going to spend a lot of time in the hole because I guess people want to kill him. And that makes him safer, how? He's already in a prison cell it doesn't get more locked down than that.

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[-] Ithorian@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

I don't want to say public defenders are worthless, its a really important job, but his was entirely unhelpful. And he made the number one mistake of getting arrested in the US, he was poor. Guess he was lucky he didn't make the other major mistake, being born anything other than white.