The issue with the US is they seem to think their laws are somehow moral for the sake of their being laws. Like this 'constitution' they have is some magical document handed down by god. You...
The issue with the US is they seem to think their laws are somehow moral for the sake of their being laws. Like this 'constitution' they have is some magical document handed down by god. You dumbasses, it's been wrong enough that you needed to change it 27 times!
Why not instead talk about how immoral it is to send a sick person to prison for being sick... in the first place? Oh wait, there isn't actually a functional state making decisions, so anything that requires the country to come together and change has exactly buckley's chance of happening.
When are the red bits and the blue bits going to split so people can be happy and actually get shit done?
I was taught growing up that the constitution and the founding fathers in general were inspired by God. A particularly zealous teacher in high school (it was a charter school, but not a religious...
I was taught growing up that the constitution and the founding fathers in general were inspired by God. A particularly zealous teacher in high school (it was a charter school, but not a religious one) went so far as to suggest that the founding fathers were visited by angels.
Reading this made me so upset. It's genuinely incredible to me that with all of the neurological understanding we have today of drug use disorders, our legal system still thinks that prison could...
Reading this made me so upset. It's genuinely incredible to me that with all of the neurological understanding we have today of drug use disorders, our legal system still thinks that prison could ever be a reasonable response. I'm glad that someone is fighting this, and I actually think that cruel and unusual punishment is a perfectly apt description of what's happening.
That being said, I was under the impression that cruel and unusual punishment cases were fairly difficult to argue. Does anyone have relevant knowledge about how likely this case is to be successful?
I really hope it can be argued based on common sense, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Sending people who relapse to prison doesn't benefit anyone and in fact costs everyone.
I really hope it can be argued based on common sense, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Sending people who relapse to prison doesn't benefit anyone and in fact costs everyone.
The issue with the US is they seem to think their laws are somehow moral for the sake of their being laws. Like this 'constitution' they have is some magical document handed down by god. You dumbasses, it's been wrong enough that you needed to change it 27 times!
Why not instead talk about how immoral it is to send a sick person to prison for being sick... in the first place? Oh wait, there isn't actually a functional state making decisions, so anything that requires the country to come together and change has exactly buckley's chance of happening.
When are the red bits and the blue bits going to split so people can be happy and actually get shit done?
We have priests literally saying that the US Constitution was handed down from god.
I really hope you're joking, but will not be surprised if you're not...
I was taught growing up that the constitution and the founding fathers in general were inspired by God. A particularly zealous teacher in high school (it was a charter school, but not a religious one) went so far as to suggest that the founding fathers were visited by angels.
Reading this made me so upset. It's genuinely incredible to me that with all of the neurological understanding we have today of drug use disorders, our legal system still thinks that prison could ever be a reasonable response. I'm glad that someone is fighting this, and I actually think that cruel and unusual punishment is a perfectly apt description of what's happening.
That being said, I was under the impression that cruel and unusual punishment cases were fairly difficult to argue. Does anyone have relevant knowledge about how likely this case is to be successful?
I really hope it can be argued based on common sense, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Sending people who relapse to prison doesn't benefit anyone and in fact costs everyone.