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to me that means that labor has to be ordered by the judge as part of the punishment
by vaksel 16y ago
to me that means that labor has to be ordered by the judge as part of the punishment
- ugh 16y agoThat’s what I thought when I first read the text but apparently not. Quote from the article I linked: “In light of its plain text, the Thirteenth Amendment has generally been interpreted to bar legal challenges to unpaid or minimally paid prison labor.”
- chc 16y agoI'm not so sure. If it's ordinary for prisoners to work for minimal compensation, and the judge orders you to go to prison, he has implicitly included the possibility of labor in that sentence. There are a lot of other aspects of prison that would not fly when you're dealing with a free person but which are generally considered to be implicit when you're sent to jail.