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Woman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food job(www.cnn.com)

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Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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Sounds like indentured servitude to me.

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Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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True, but our society is generally okay with this when people break the law.

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schmidtster@lemmy.world
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It’s called community service and if the person would rather pay a fine or go to jail they are normally allowed to pick those options.

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grue@lemmy.world
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That’s where the “except as a punishment for crime” part of the 13th Amendment kicks in.

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