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      10 months ago

      Unfortunately not, when slavery was abolished in the US Constitution an exception was put in for:

      “punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”

      Which was common practice at the time, and a huge mistake in hindsight.

      Some states have repealed that measure in their state constitution, but the work continues