Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis...
by TomMckenny on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:45PM
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The "except as a punishment for crime" in the 13th amendment was not in the first drafts. But less progressive minded forces got in the final version with the obvious intent of using it[1]. And it has certainly gotten a lot of use in spite of occasional whack-a-mole attempts to moderate it.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...