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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by solveit on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:04PM (#17814984)
>child rapists are usually let out of jail before murderers.

And for damn good reason. If murder carries a shorter sentence than raping a child, well guess how a rapist might make sure their victim never testifies.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by microcolonel on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:45PM (#17815222)
Murderers aren't in prison forever, so sentences shorter than murder sentences don't last forever either, is my point.
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