• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I wonder if you could create an argument for this blatant disparity and how punishments are meted out to show how penalties for shoplifting and personal theft crimes are cruel and unusual. If stealing 17 million comes with less penalty than stealing 1700 then the penalties for 1700 are therefore unusual right?

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      14 hours ago

      I suppose step 1 in that line of thinking is ending prison slavery and the systemic violence prisoners and guards inflict on the incarcerated.

      Not that we can’t do two things at once…