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Teenager arrested for Facebook post beaten up in prison
- csense 13y agoThis article raises a multitude of issues. Issue number one: The problematic ways that the prison system deals with assault and mental illness among inmates. Issue number two: Whether the potential sentence for a crime purely involving speech, rather than actions, should be so severe as eight years in prison. Issue number three: Whether the speech in question was Constitutionally protected satire, or a criminal threat. Issue number four: Whether the justice system should have taken a look at this case and decided to cut the defendant some slack. I'm sure there are more.