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Indiana Man Allegedly Cuts Off Penis, Sets It on Fire With Gasoline and Lighters, Police Say (townflex.com)

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 42 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Mentally ill person harms himself in a terrible way and the response of the state is to put him in jail? That's so American.

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[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It’s a real dick move

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

He's really getting the shaft

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[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

To be fair though the state was in a bit of a pickle.

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[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Well we can't just let him cut off his own penis and set it on fire again

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

So he can get raped and become more mentally ill. Makes sense

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