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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison, AP sources say (apnews.com)

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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar has been stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Nassar is serving decades in prison after admitting sexually assaulting athletes at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, including Olympic medalists.

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

I don't think it's exactly a good thing that our prisons are so poorly managed that people can easily random suffer extra-judicial violence, and I certainly don't think it's something to celebrate. Sure, today it was a total piece of shit, but circumstances that enable this kind of disorder, combined with our less-than-perfect justice system, mean that tomorrow it could easily be someone who was falsely arrested and shouldn't even be in prison that gets stabbed.

That said, I certainly won't shed any tears for Larry here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm really glad people think this way. Our prison system is SUPPOSED to be about rehabilitation not random or targeted acts of violence. Whenever a story like this shows up on Reddit the entire thread is filled with people celebrating the violence yet those same people would condemn the violence right-wingers or people who don't think like them. The man has already been judged by his peers and sentenced. Any further punishment or violence goes beyond justice.