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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoI assume you mean in a “wage slave” kinda way?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-21 year agoUnfortunately not, when slavery was abolished in the US Constitution an exception was put in for: “punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted” Which was common practice at the time, and a huge mistake in hindsight. Some states have repealed that measure in their state constitution, but the work continues
I assume you mean in a “wage slave” kinda way?
Unfortunately not, when slavery was abolished in the US Constitution an exception was put in for:
“punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”
Which was common practice at the time, and a huge mistake in hindsight.
Some states have repealed that measure in their state constitution, but the work continues