• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why on earth would a prison allow a prisoner to broadcast a speech?

    Put him in an orange jump suit already and let him bust rocks with a sledge hammer.

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      6 months ago

      Because prisons are for poor people. If it happens, he’ll end up in a “prison resort” that has all the amenities he wants on the technicality that he can’t leave.

    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      So the EU has a member of the parliament who is in prison for membership of a criminal organization (which commited murder). He was still allowed to travel to Brussels and Strasbourg for his work. Really messed up. But I can imagine the US doing something similiar with trump. The guy is called Ioannis Lagos if you want to look it up.

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        IIRC, he was allowed to travel to Brussels and Strasbourg only before he was convicted in 2020. Right after he was convicted, his immunity as a delegate of the EU parliament had been lifted, he was extradicted to Greece, and he is now in prison. He still gets paid as a MEP, though. I hope nobody is stupid enough to vote for him again this Sunday.

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      6 months ago

      My favorite neolib is the one that is for prison reform but wants rampant prison abuse for people they don’t like.

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      My favorite neolib is the one that is usually for prison reform but wants rampant prison abuse for people they don’t like.

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      6 months ago

      Bust rocks with those tiny hands? Maybe a toothbrush to scrub the toilets might be more appropriate.