TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWoman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food jobwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down116
arrow-up1855arrow-down1external-linkWoman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food jobwww.cnn.comTheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·11 months agoPerhaps we don’t call it a punishment. We can call it rehabilitation.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down9·11 months agoSounds like indentured servitude to me.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·11 months agoTrue, but our society is generally okay with this when people break the law.
minus-squareschmidtster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-211 months agoIt’s called community service and if the person would rather pay a fine or go to jail they are normally allowed to pick those options.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoThat’s where the “except as a punishment for crime” part of the 13th Amendment kicks in.
Perhaps we don’t call it a punishment. We can call it rehabilitation.
Sounds like indentured servitude to me.
True, but our society is generally okay with this when people break the law.
It’s called community service and if the person would rather pay a fine or go to jail they are normally allowed to pick those options.
That’s where the “except as a punishment for crime” part of the 13th Amendment kicks in.