scotthech.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work better together. My org: https://ZEALO.US
👤 Joined on 05 May 2023
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@scotthech.bsky.socialThis was also a feature of the British System, especially from ~1750, to the end of public hangings in 1868 The laws got more draconian, and if convicted the only allowable sentence for many things (theft, blacking your face at night, cutting down young trees, scavenging a wrecked ship) was hanging
Show PostThis is such a poetic way of putting it.
Show PostThread...or when the legal system actually works against these guys they get to surrender themselves with dignity rather than get arrested and do the perp walk etc.
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