The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except that it does permit involuntary servitude as a punishment for convicted criminals. It does not specifically address involuntary servitude in the form of required government service such as a military draft.
The Thirteenth Amendemnt to the US Constitution provides: "Neither slavery nor involuntary sertivude, except as punishsment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." By inference, convicted criminals may be forced into involuntary servitude.
Criminals
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery.Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
You should look it up and read it- it is quite short. It says that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." That means that it made slavery illegal anywhere in the US.
As punishment for a duly convicted crime
It prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude unless as a punishment when the person is duly convicted and still prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude today.
A punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except that it does permit involuntary servitude as a punishment for convicted criminals. It does not specifically address involuntary servitude in the form of required government service such as a military draft.
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted
The Thirteenth Amendemnt to the US Constitution provides: "Neither slavery nor involuntary sertivude, except as punishsment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." By inference, convicted criminals may be forced into involuntary servitude.
The 13th Amendment abolishes slavery with a single exception. It allows involuntary servitude 'as a punishment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted.'
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, ...
Amendment 13 allows involuntary servitude only as a punishment for a crime.
As punishment for a crime.
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