Man who was forced to work in jail sues under anti-slavery ammendment

[PeaShooter]

Man who was arrested and being held for trial was forced to work in the prison laundry for $0.25/hr. He hadn't been convicted yet.

Man Forced to Work in Prison Sues Under Anti-Slavery Amendment - Yahoo! News

 

[45calibre]

i cant see how the first judge threw it out just because it wasnt like slavery back in the day i dont think he should be a judge.

 

[IndyDave1776]

The moron doesn't have a leg to stand on:

AMENDMENT XIII

SECTION 1.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SECTION 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

 

[hornadylnl]

The moron doesn't have a leg to stand on:

AMENDMENT XIII

SECTION 1.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SECTION 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Perhaps you missed the part where he was still awaiting trial.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Perhaps you missed the part where he was still awaiting trial.

Perhaps so.

 

[Mackey]

This guy needs to win this lawsuit.
There's no reason to treat someone awaiting trial as if they had already been convicted. I would have no sympathy if the guy was eventually convicted .... but he wasn't.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

From the comment section:

Shovel ready job.....
27 min ago

Wonder if this counts as one of obama's green jobs--saved or created

Seriously, I agree that you are innocent until proven guilty. Other than minimal chores such as those required to help maintain sanitary conditions, punishment type labor should be reserved until a conviction is made.

 

[Kagnew]

Luke, Drag-line, the Captain, and the man with no eyes would have had a field day with him. Put him in the box for a few days.

 

[griffin]

Perhaps so.

And then all charges were dropped.

 

[poptab]

wait how do they "force" you to work. you can just sit down and refuse. Are they going to beat you till you work. Lock you up in jail? Even so you can still choose to not work. Short of them stringing you up like a puppet...

 

[Lex Concord]

wait how do they "force" you to work. you can just sit down and refuse. Are they going to beat you till you work. Lock you up in jail? Even so you can still choose to not work. Short of them stringing you up like a puppet...

Like this:

Prison officials threatened to put McGarry "in the hole," where inmates are shackled and locked up for 23 hours per day in solitary confinement, if he refused to work, he said.

You have me wondering if you read the linked article, or if this is just the first step in a 50-step program.

Welcome to INGO.

 

[poptab]

Yea solitary confinement is bad but you still have a choice. Given the same "choice" I cant say what I would do but plotting revenge would be somewhere in there.

 

[griffin]

wait how do they "force" you to work.

They give you harsher punishment, like solitary where you have nothing.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Perhaps so.

 

[chris46131]

I'm all for prison work programs and i love a good roadside chain gang, but come on, you have to actually convict a guy first. Seriously, how do you forget that part of the equation?

 

[jreeder108]

And then all charges were dropped.

charges shouldn't be dropped for the jail's screw up. What they did is a civil issue that should not impact the original criminal case.

 

[Expat]

I was forced to clean erasers and the blackboard back in elementary school... I wonder if there is any money to be made.

 

[printcraft]

I was forced to clean erasers and the blackboard back in elementary school... I wonder if there is any money to be made.

I had a teacher that would throw erasers at you if you were not paying attention.....$$$$$$$$$$

He hit one kid in the head that was sleeping, kid looked like a skunk afterward.

 

[Ted]

AMENDMENT XIII

SECTION 1.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SECTION 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Damned Constitutional guarantees always getting in the way.

 

[Ted]

I had a teacher that would throw erasers at you if you were not paying attention.....$$$$$$$$$$

He hit one kid in the head that was sleeping, kid looked like a skunk afterward.

Something like that happened in my high school.

The kid ran the teacher, and put him on his ass. The kid was gone the rest of the semester, and the teacher was "sick at home" for the next two weeks.

Teacher never threw anything at anyone again.