Manufacturing Consent -
The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky
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Thursday, 7 December 2017
quote [ Facing a 160-year sentence for non-violent
robbery, Derek Twyman thought he might die in a U.S. prison. Then a N.B. law student took an interest in his bizarre case ]
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zarathustra said @ 2:14am GMT on 8th Dec
As sick as it sounds, 10 years before this guy was sentenced burglary could have resulted in a mandatory death penalty. Sounds like he was sentenced by someone who didn't like the change in the law.
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eggboy said @ 3:31am GMT on 8th Dec
Speaking of disgusting miscarriages of justice, this poor fuck
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lauri-love-hacker-activist-prison-sentence-extradition-america-aspergers-autism-death-sentence-a8076541.html |
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1)the justification of the sentence
2)counting down the days till you are released.