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[–] microphone900@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's a fun article about how different people are treated differently for the same crime. You gotta love the good ol' U.S. of A.

White Trump voters get probation for intentional election fraud while Black women get years in prison for being given bad information by the State.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

She eventually got acquitted

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68693700

The whole story is fucking bonkers though. She did everything right while being uncertain and it's insane she got punished for it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

I think we all know what would have happened to her if it didn't make the news