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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27304393

Summary

A West Virginia couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, received prison sentences of 215 and 160 years, respectively, for forcing their five adopted Black children into slave labor.

Authorities discovered the abuse after a welfare check revealed children locked in a shed without water or sanitation.

The couple, charged with human trafficking, child neglect, and forced labor, targeted the children because of their race.

The court ordered them to pay $280,000 in restitution each.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How does restitution work when they will both die in prison?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago

Assets are seized and sold off I would expect. If they own their house, depending on land value that could cover it for all five.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

At that price tag it's like slavery is legal if you can afford it.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

Slavery is still legal literally in the use of prison labor. It's also arguably legal in the sense that it's not called slavery to keep people trapped in poverty, so folks voluntarily work for next to nothing and still can't stay afloat

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

prison sentences of 215 and 160 years, respectively,

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The private prison industry agrees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

How much is the rest of your life worth?