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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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33. Dostoevsky said it best

Reply to PA Democrat (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2020, 09:29 AM

Feb 2020

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

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A Cancer Patient Stole Groceries Worth $109.63. She Was Sentenced to 10 Months. [View all] PA Democrat Feb 2020 OP

Does PA have mandatory minimum sentences? MontanaMama Feb 2020 #1

I believe that most mandatory sentences have been overturned by the US and state Supreme Courts PA Democrat Feb 2020 #5

That's what Rebl2 Feb 2020 #16

There should be no reason anyone should have to steal to be able to eat. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #2

A loaf of bread. "Les Miserables," one of the greatest novels of the 19th c. appalachiablue Feb 2020 #29

....a woman with terminal cancer gets 10 months Sugarcoated Feb 2020 #3

This is a very sad case. LuvNewcastle Feb 2020 #4

Stealing food...🤔 Where have we heard that before? irisblue Feb 2020 #6

+1 dalton99a Feb 2020 #10

I spent time looking for a picture of a guillotine. irisblue Feb 2020 #11

Shit like this happens everyday in courts across America. I defended a woman who had cancer and was Pepsidog Feb 2020 #7

How much is it going to cost taxpayers to incarcerate her for 10 months? Sloumeau Feb 2020 #8

But cruelty is the point. dchill Feb 2020 #12

Sure hope the jail safeinOhio Feb 2020 #13

In some places, they charge prisoners rent. NYC Liberal Feb 2020 #28

I had to pay $75.00 a night in Cochise County. panader0 Feb 2020 #31

This fucking judge: dalton99a Feb 2020 #9

Fuck the carceral state. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #14

If there was one of these where I live, I would fill a cart, put this news story on top of it. StTimofEdenRoc Feb 2020 #15

If this woman has advanced cancer, colorado_ufo Feb 2020 #17

If you can call prison food eating shanti Feb 2020 #27

and if you are drumpf, you can steal an entire country and your judge and jury is your best friends Takket Feb 2020 #18

The idiocy of it all is bpositive Feb 2020 #19

So basically she was sentenced to a slow, painful death for stealing bread. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #20

I work in a pharmacy NewEnglandAutumn Feb 2020 #21

As the dictator keeps cutting food stamps you will see more desperate hungry people going to geretogo Feb 2020 #22

Good thing it wasn't a loaf of bread. Javaman Feb 2020 #23

k&r Demovictory9 Feb 2020 #24

Clearly a failure of a system which will continue to fail ooky Feb 2020 #25

American poor house Karadeniz Feb 2020 #26

Shouldn't they be prepared to treat her if she is incarcerated? LisaL Feb 2020 #30

Yet Flynn the traitor should be the one locked up rockfordfile Feb 2020 #32

Indeed ck4829 Feb 2020 #34

Dostoevsky said it best discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2020 #33