• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    1 year ago

    You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride.

    The whole point is to impose punishment by forcing people to defend themselves in the criminal justice system.

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        Yep. Few people can do that though; for most the outcome is some combination of lost jobs, lost housing, and injury.