Link for full article: The Supreme Court just ruled that at least some federal prisoners who are completely innocent must serve out their entire sentence, with no meaningful way to challenge their unlawful conviction.

  • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is one of many reasons why BOP stands for “Backwards on Purpose” in the prison community: Even before this ruling made it worse for selected individuals, challenging your conviction or sentence was pretty much a justice-free process. 😢

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      1 year ago

      Great article. The institutionalization of our population is messed up and sad.

      Especially when the victims of it haven’t done nearly enough to be locked up. And the ones who have are just products of their time and place, more often than not.