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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps we don't call it a punishment. We can call it rehabilitation.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sounds like indentured servitude to me.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

True, but our society is generally okay with this when people break the law.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s called community service and if the person would rather pay a fine or go to jail they are normally allowed to pick those options.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

That's where the "except as a punishment for crime" part of the 13th Amendment kicks in.