Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in US Capitol attack

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Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in US Capitol attack
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The American system is built for punishment and profit. Most Americans don't seem to be interested in justice or rehabilitation, they just want blood. Good example is the 50 or so prisoners who have died in Texas from the heat, most weren't there for violent crimes or life imprisonment, yet the response to their death is mostly "whatever, they're bad people" as people show no interest in fixing anything.

... using Texas as an example about the entire USA is probably not a great choice.

Should we use the conditions of California prisons, which were so crowded that they were considered an unconstitutional human rights violation and prisoners were released by court order?

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