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Good comments Devongone re the abuse of human rights within the American system of penal law and governance. I'm guessing you've flicked through the huge list of contraventions that Amnesty International has listed against the clandestine activities of the USA for decades. As bad as, if not worse than, some of the most oppressive S American regimes in living memory and that says it all! Couple that description with the inherent racism, some of it institutional, and we have a 'lethal cocktail' of human rights violations that are unsurpassed and certainly not challenged enough to 'clean up their act' by other western governments. I see the upcoming Trump 'era' as another phase of degradation in this regard and that opinion is solely based on the man's brutal disregard for people he dislikes and I wonder if it also applies to life itself as he continues to age beyond 70 while his vanity tries to 'keep up' with this process.