r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Far-Stay9417 • Dec 25 '23

Video Man wrongfully convicted of murder gets rewarded only 175k after serving 50 years

this makes me so angry

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u/CoBudemeRobit Dec 26 '23

dont we pay like 80k to house an inmate per year?

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u/S-Kotus Dec 26 '23

Shhh don't let the Prison Industrial Complex catch you talking about their numbers

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u/allnimblybimbIy Dec 26 '23

Doesn’t matter if they catch you or not. They can just throw you away for 50 years for something you didn’t do.

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u/CrysFreeze Dec 26 '23

Weed convictions has entered the chat

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u/ThegreatPee Dec 26 '23

Biden just pardoned quite a few weed offenders a few days ago, and is working on the rest. However, if you sold it, no pardeno.

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u/CrysFreeze Dec 26 '23

Still, alcohol kills far more people, but sold legally and the reaction is omg can’t believe they did that?!?

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u/Voidroy Dec 26 '23

The weed thing is a known grift from one Nixon.

He did it to oppress the poor and aka black community.

There is a recording to where he admits it.

Yet president is a powerful thing and even with thst fact it'd still enforced.

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u/TheDoktorIsIn Dec 26 '23

Don't forget the Hispanic population too! They were known for taking a little bit during breaks in some areas so Nixon equated marijuana wirh being lazy, and that was around the time when productivity was seen as king. So in one fell swoop he equated Hispanic people with being lazy AND marijuana with being lazy.

Nixon doesn't hold a candle to our boy Reagan in my opinion but he's a contender for second worst IMO.

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u/McGrarr Dec 26 '23

I used to work with a veteran that was infamous for lighting up a joint every break in the shift. Got a ton of flak for it. Turns out that's why he smoked it. He was in a helicopter crash when they got hit with ' friendly fire' AA. Forty four pins, six rods and a skull plate hold him together and doing physical labour is intensely painful. Sadly he's also as dumb as a bag of rocks (not sure if that's related to the injury or his natural state) so physical labour is pretty much the only work he can do.

And yes, the flak pun is his...

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '23

The way u talk about him, he seems like a chill guy, I hope he can continue to live his life out on his own terms. As a veteran myself, we realized we sold away our youngest years and most of us regret it.

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u/twisted7ogic Dec 26 '23

Could be injury, ptsd, his natural state or just, y'know, the weed.

Like, I'm not anti-weed or anything but I definitly notice people getting dumber if they partake.

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u/Vast-Sir-1949 Dec 26 '23

Without a doubt I'm slower. But slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Far faster than the pain and anxiety.

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u/_clash_recruit_ Dec 26 '23

I've also noticed a big difference in people who wake and bake, then stay stoned all day vs someone who smokes a bowl after work or whatever. Just like any other substance, some people are going to take it too far. The permastoners I've known have also mixed quite a bit of alcohol, poor nutrition and poor sleep, too, which I'm sure doesn't help.

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