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firefall · 61-69, M
In theory, I'm not totally against it, there are (rare) circumstances where it would be appropriate.
In practice, it's applied so grotesquely unfairly and unjustly, and far too often by prosecutors wanting to look tough, that it's an utter barbarity. Given the ridiculous bias of it against the poor, black, indigent or mentally unstable, it's pretty much the textbook example of the 'cruel and unusual' punishment barred by the Constitution.
In practice, it's applied so grotesquely unfairly and unjustly, and far too often by prosecutors wanting to look tough, that it's an utter barbarity. Given the ridiculous bias of it against the poor, black, indigent or mentally unstable, it's pretty much the textbook example of the 'cruel and unusual' punishment barred by the Constitution.