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So, slavery and servitude is a potential punishment in more than a dozen states. though the penalty hasnt been enforced since the civil war, listen, now voters, alison, in alabama, in louisiana, in vermont, oregon, tennessee, they have a chance now to remove the punishment from their states constitution, once and for all. essentially saying that the 13th amendment would be universal and not include those whove been prisoners as well. but the way theyre doing it is causing a little bit of confusi...

>> so, voters in five states had the chance to wipe slavery and indentured servitude off the books on election day. >> i have no idea they were still on the books. >> if you thought that slavery was outlawed in this country, back in 1865, with the 13th amendment, let me remind you, its actually one exception to it. the object of section one of the amendment reads, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, where the party should be dually convicted, shall exist ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery—forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes.

The states are asking voters whether to amend constitutions that have exceptions to slavery bans. Some hope that the changes could allow prisoners to challenge the practice of being forced into labor for little or no pay.

Language in the constitutions of multiple states still permits slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments, but a movement wants to change that.

Voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will decided whether to close legal loopholes related to prison labour enslavement.

Oregons proposed change repeals its exception clause while adding language allowing a court or probation or parole agency to order alternatives to incarceration as part of sentencing.

Restrain them those states will all, i fear keep up with discrimination and crushed to death the hated friedman. >> i mean, it is more than a thwart and the side of the conservative justice. and somebody was giving us a full picture, a full scope of how these decisions have been made to date. >> yes well, once he was exposing is very sloppy originalism interpretation. very sloppy textualism, interpretation. people have been able to hopscotch over the constitution. the reality is that framers of ...

Whoa.......before you start yelling at the screen and telling me I'm full of #$^%........let me explain. Abraham Lincoln opened the path to abolish slavery on the first day of 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation.

After the 13th amendment was ratified. it is long past time to completely expunge any exception for slavery from the constitution. joining me now is bianca. this is the executive director of the prisoner rights group. bianca, how did this push for this amendment came about? >> hi, thank you so much for having me this afternoon. you know, as you were explaining, we know there is a cause in the 13th amendment. there is something deeply wrong in our society if we can allow for slavery. we cant allo...