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For some reason I am currently addicted to this show that follows inmates around in prison and one thing every inmate eventually says "I'm locked up with a bunc
by gscott 12y ago
For some reason I am currently addicted to this show that follows inmates around in prison and one thing every inmate eventually says "I'm locked up with a bunch of criminals!". Then the second thing they do is compare their crime to another and concludes they are not nearly as bad as the rapist or killer. Amazingly people who kill, rape, etc are all together with someone who stole a car, broke into a house, was caught with drugs.
- anigbrowl 12y agoWhich show is this, please? The ethics of crime are a complex subject, and while convicts' own views on the subject are generally self-serving there are shades of grey all over. For example, I knew a bar owner who murdered a heroin dealer, because one of the bar owner's friends OD'ed and died. So he waited until the heroin dealer went into the restroom at the bar one night, then followed him in and shot him dead. That's pretty cold-blooded (from a legal standpoint, advance planning like that is considered far worse than shooting someone in the heat of a dispute), but then it seems morally mild compared to murdering someone for personal gain. I can't find it now, but there was a really fascinating article posted here a year or so ago about an undercover cop whose specialty is pretending to be a hitman, and the people who attempt to hire his services. Maybe someone else will remember enough detail to turn it up in a search.
- gscott 12y agoIt is Locked Up available online too at http://www.msnbc.com/lockup http://www.msnbc.com/lockup. Basically the idea is to shove a lot of inmates into a small space and have them mill about aimlessly then see what happens.