A lawyer representing several defendants arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach is sounding alarm bells over conditions he says cannot be called “anything other than cruel and unusual” as suspects who have no criminal history and who are charged in non-violent crimes are allegedly held in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours per day and denied bail.
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It’s hard to believe this happening. Yet considering the long list of other atrocities our government has been committing - and getting away with - it shouldn’t be.
It’s easy to understand how government encroaches, and becomes a bloated parasite, but when it starts showing fangs and claws, and abusing people, it’s still shocking.
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