https://nitter.net/philiplord/status/1747309239830478852#m

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    without trial

    wow that sounds bad, but the Unite—

    According to a study conducted by the American Bar Association, plea bargaining has increasingly become the predominant method for resolving criminal cases in the United States, accounting for as many as 98% of all convictions.

    oh.

    firing squad

    wow that sounds bad, but the Unite—

    The family of [Lashawn Johnson] who [...] was 'eaten alive' by bed bugs in a filthy jail cell has agreed to a $4 million settlement

    oh. well still, that's better than being execu—

    Darren Rainey was locked in a shower for two hours. It was designed so that he had no control over the temperature of the water, later measured to be 160 °F (71 °C). A paramedic who attempted to help Rainey wrote that he had second- and third-degree burns on over 30% of his body. It subsequently became known that his skin "fell off at the touch".

    oh.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Firing squad is categorically more humane than lethal injection. Lethal injection uses a paralytic that prevents the victim from making their pain visibly apparent, and that's really the only reason it's used.