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The US regime just executed another innocent black man. (innocenceproject.org)
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https://innocenceproject.org/cases/marcellus-williams/

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Both the death penalty, and a system of slave labor camps, are allowed at the federal level:

  • The US currently operates a system of slave labor camps, including at least 54 prison farms involved in agricultural slave labor. Outside of agricultural slavery, Federal Prison Industries operates a multi-billion dollar industry with ~ 52 prison factories , where prisoners produce furniture, clothing, circuit boards, products for the military, computer aided design services, call center support for private companies. 1, 2, 3