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by seti0Cha 959 days ago
Really? I've never heard this and a quick google doesn't bear this out. Also, it's not clear to me what they would actually do to you if you didn't...put you in prison? Release you as punishment?
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13th amendment: "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.

Which leads to this: https://innocenceproject.org/how-the-13th-amendment-kept-sla...

Wow, til. Thanks for the serious response to an admittedly flippant remark.