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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m worried about Chauvin’s safety in prison. I can’t imagine what he’s feeling tonight. (K, flame me for sympathy for the devil, whatever. I like to look at things from the other side.)

Eric Nelson looked close to tears after the verdict—his glasses were even a little foggy. I can’t imagine what he feels either. 
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You can worry for both of us, because I am utterly unconcerned about how Chauvin will fare in prison. [/quote]

This kind of comment is really egregious and unnecessary.

As a former prosecutor I am all about seeing guilty people held accountable for their crimes and made to pay their debt to society.

I am always sickened to see people who likely consider themselves to be law abiding and seekers of justice essentially supporting crime so long as it happens in prison to convicts paying their statutorily mandated debt to society.

Here are some things to consider when you are advocating for rape and assault in the prison system: 
Some people in prison are actually innocent - more and more we see how common wrongful convictions really are.
Lots of people in prison committed essentially victimless crimes. Nonviolent crimes.
Many people in prison are victims of mental health disorders and substance use disorders often rooted in childhood abuse and neglect and were failed by our social systems long before they committed crimes.
Most people in prison will be back living among us someday, carrying all the baggage of what happens to them there.

Please stop making jokes or comments that normalize or make light of prison rape assault and murder. It’s beyond disgusting. Convicts are paying the debt we agreed via out elected legislatures that they should pay, we would be monsters if we cheered them becoming victims of crime in the process. 
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