Amanda Knox
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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It used to be execution.
Like that was the only way we punished people.
crucifixion, exile, like all of the things that were basically the equivalent of maiming and death.
That was the only way we punished people for wrongdoing.
And then they introduced this idea of prison where you could serve time as penitents.
And in the process, you could be indoctrinated by those who are concerned about your soul to become better and rehabilitated.
That's the whole idea of prison is if you give someone just enough time away from society, they're not a danger to others, then we might be able to turn you into somebody who could
could potentially come out and be a part of society.
But then somewhere along the way, it like reverted back into this idea of like, okay, well, it's a little bit like the corporeal punishment.
Like we just need to hurt you.
And we're not gonna hurt you by cutting off your hand or hanging you anymore.
We're just gonna hurt you by stealing your life from you.
And that is fucking painful.
But we're not going to give you anything to process that or cope with that or establish your... And to be fair, I'm not a fucking bleeding heart about this.
I know that some people...
are so broken, like, I've met them.
I fucking lived with them.
People who are so broken that I would not trust them in a free society where we get to just, like, go about our business and be around other people without, you know, without safeguards.
But, like, I do have this, like...
I do have a deep aversion to the punitive instinct of it.
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