#Racism at its worst: Would #Trump do this in 2025? I think he would.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney

In the 20th century, the youngest person #executed in the United States was George Stinney Jr. At just 14 years old, he was executed in the electric chair. From the day of his trial until his execution, the young man held a Bible in his hands, constantly proclaiming his innocence.

Stinney was charged with murdering two white girls. One victim was 11-year-old Betty and the other was 7-year-old Mary. Their bodies were found near their own homes. During the trial, all the jurors were white and the proceedings lasted only two hours. Just 10 minutes into the trial, the death sentence was handed down. Stinney's parents were threatened with death and were not allowed to give their son any comfort in the courtroom. They were subsequently forced to leave their town.

George Stinney spent 81 days in prison before his death and was never allowed to see his parents during that time. He was held in solitary confinement about 50 miles from his hometown. His execution was carried out by applying 5,380 volts of electricity.

Seventy years after his death, a South Carolina judge has proven George Stinney innocent. The two girls had been killed by a beam weighing more than 40 pounds, which would have been impossible for 14-year-old Stinney to lift, let alone use to inflict lethal blows. The entire case against him was fabricated, and Stinney was targeted simply because he was black.

This tragic story later inspired Stephen King to write his novel "The Green Mile." It is often said that people in the past were more humane, but that is a blatant lie. People were cruel then, just as they are now. The only difference is that before, cruelty was hidden, whereas now it is exposed for everyone to see.

‘The #prison system is insanely broken’: a #climate activist on his experience in #jail

The entire apparatus is executed with maximum emphasis on #punishment and a superficial mention of #rehabilitation. It is absolutely no wonder that re-offending rates are so high when those leaving prison are in a worse way than when they came in.

And whatever stability people had in their lives before prison, whether it’s housing or employment, is ripped away when you step inside …

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/climate-activist-experience-jail-prison-uk

Columbia University punishes students who occupied campus building during pro-Palestinian protests

#protest #university #punishment #student #News #World
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/columbia-university-protest-punishments-1.7483504?cmp=rss

Columbia University punishes student protesters who occupied campus building
Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.
#protest #university #punishment #student #News #World
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/columbia-university-protest-punishments-1.7483504?cmp=rss

Columbia University punishes student protesters who occupied campus building
Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.
#protest #university #punishment #student #News #World
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/columbia-university-protest-punishments-1.7483504?cmp=rss

#punishment : any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense

- French: punition

- German: die Strafe

- Italian: punizione

- Portuguese: punição

- Spanish: castigo

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A quotation from The Bible

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.
 
[Καὶ μὴ κρίνετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ κριθῆτε· καὶ μὴ καταδικάζετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταδικασθῆτε. ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε· δίδοτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· μέτρον καλὸν πεπιεσμένον σεσαλευμένον ὑπερεκχυννόμενον δώσουσιν εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὑμῶν· ᾧ γὰρ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Luke 6:37-38 (Jesus) [NJB (1985)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/bible-nt/4397/

Twelve strokes in to his birching Vee is red-raw and weeping, more than ready to stagger away. #punishment #birch

A quotation from Thoreau

I wish my countrymen to consider, that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can ever commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual, without having to pay the penalty for it. A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length even become the laughing-stock of the world.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Mar 3rd, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc030325

#cortisol #testosterone #Turkana #non-industrialized #HoloVAM #hologram #millimeter-scale #HoloTile #batteries #chillers #peaker #local #amygdala #punishment #anger #GUSTO #Neutron #barge #composite #medium-lift

https://www.cyclingeu.com/534584/biking-across-the-entire-netherlands-in-12-hours-punishment-ov-bike-edition/ Biking across the ENTIRE NETHERLANDS in 12 hours | PUNISHMENT (OV-bike edition) #Bicycling #Biking #BikingNetherlands #challenge #Cycling #DutchCulture #DutchWeather #fietsen #Nederland #NederlandseYoutubers #Netherlands #ns #OvBike #OVFiets #punishment

Here's the latest episode of my Human Meme podcast:

https://humanmeme.com/history-and-future-of-punishment