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Manafort jury sounds like it won't reach consensus on at least one charge, maybe more. Not sure the defense should be encouraged by that as I think it's highly unlikely he'll be found not guilty of all charges. More likely there's one or two (out of 18 total) they can't agree on and will find him guilty of everything else.
During the Bush I administration, prison overcrowding was an in-the-news issue. Turkey, only half jokingly, stated they would take as many prisoners as we wanted to get rid for only $1500/yr/prisoner. Bush Sr declined. Too bad.
These guys think they're subjected to modern day slavery? Horsewhip them every day and let them subsist on grass and maggots and then maybe they'll have an argument.
A national strike began among U.S. prison inmates Tuesday, aimed at improving living conditions and other privileges like voting rights, an advocacy group said.
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx
Not much point in addressing ethical considerations here. Reasonable minds may differ there, and people from Ohio may not be capable of having any all anyways. But it's interesting fodder for the old economics debate about whether economic value is created primarily by capital or by labour. In truth it can be either one, and it isn't always going to be the same, but there's one thing that's pretty damn consistent throughout history -- whether you are building pyramids or growing cotton or whatever, if you deploy humans at no cost or far below what it would take for them to support themselves, you've got a pretty bulletproof business model.
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