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In what way, and which case? People have gone to jail "forever" for the final crime of stealing a box of candy. You can pound that til it's flat, but that is t
by ahoyhere 17y ago
In what way, and which case?
People have gone to jail "forever" for the final crime of stealing a box of candy. You can pound that til it's flat, but that is the truth. The other offenses were not violent.
And the woman who had her kids taken away because of the breastfeeding pic? I don't think that was exaggerated at all.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-04-17/news/1-hour-arrest&page=1 http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-04-17/news/1-hour-arrest&...
- jacquesm 17y agoAbsolutely true, no contest there. What I mean is this: there are literally millions of cases, there would have to be in order to have 2 million people in prison. Many more cases will not have made it through the prosecution process, I'm assuming there are still some level-headed judges and juries out there. But 'woman exonerated for making breast feeding pic' does not make a very good headline, so you'll never hear about it. Which is ok, because the system already took care of that one. So, the media is on the right side in this one, but it still distorts the image.
- ahoyhere 17y agoExonerated - sorta. A year later. And she only got one of her two children back, and the kid was gone for a long time in foster care. That's not really a glowing followup, don't you think?