• Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    20 years in prison on domestic terrorism charges for setting some fireworks off or burning a digger.

    People are gonna start thinking they're better off doing murder to escape than getting caught. It seems extremely shortsighted of the system to go after people this hard as the result is going to be people weighing that up.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I really think most people don't know how incredibly draconian us prison sentences are. Like you go back in the day and people are getting a few years for all sorts of serious shit, but then the drug war, and really the 90s, happen and the us is sending people up for life for petty drug crimes or decades for shop lifting. I honestly don't understand why people surrender to the cops anymore and i assume it's mostly because they don't understand how corrupt the system is and how horrific prison conditions are.

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It depends on the state. A Louisiana term is worse than a Texas term is worse than a California term is worse than a Vermont term.