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Please do not take HN threads into partisan flamewar. That way is hell. We're trying to go a different way.

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> And to all republicans, this is what you voted for.

The flame bait is unnecessary and the anti-crime push that this guy was on the receiving end of was very much a bipartisan effort.

Yes you are right. I put it anyways because votes matter, being angry on the Internet does not. And the tough on crime mentality that lead to this is pushed harder by Republicans than Democrats.

His stay in solitary began in Florida in 1992. The governor of Florida at the time was a democrat. Maybe you weren't around then, but the democrats of the 90s (Clinton, Biden, etc.) were "tough on crime" types.