Friday, December 4, 2020
Democrats introduce legislation to strike slavery exception in 13th Amendment | TheHill
... In a statement announcing the legislation, Merkley and Clay tied the loophole to "Black Codes" that were implemented in the late 1800s and used by Southern sheriffs to lease out imprisoned people to work landowners' fields. Merkley and Clay said the language created "a financial incentive for mass incarceration" that they say still exists today in unequal treatment of people of color in the criminal justice system...
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