[jdpedrie]

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

[standardUser]

America literally has an exception for slavery.

[yossarian1408]

People who commit crimes are not entitled to the same rights as everybody else nor ought they to be

[travisjungroth]

Pro-slavery take. Don’t see those around here so often.

I’m anti-slavery, myself. Even when the government decides the person did something wrong, not really in favor of it. Sometimes the government gets a bit fast and loose on what a crime is and who has committed them.

[mitchdoogle]

So if you want free labor, you just create harsh penalties for minor crimes.