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December 4, 2020

Democrats Push to Cut "Slavery Loophole" from Constitution
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Democrats introduced a resolution Wednesday to amend a clause in the
13th Amendment that bans the enslavement of people with the exception of
"involuntary servitude" as punishment for being convicted of a crime.
Racial justice advocates have long argued the clause is a loophole
that's allowed new forms of slavery in the U.S., and have likened mass
incarceration to slavery as prisoners are forced into harsh labor for
the profit of private prison companies. 


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