Man cooked to death in scalding shower as punishment by prison guards

From: Police State USA

"I can't take it no more, I'm sorry. I won't do it again," he screamed, until his skin separated from his body.

MIAMI, FL — A torturous “punishment” session turned fatal for a mentally-ill prisoner, when prison guards forced him to stand in a tiny shower stall while being blasted by scalding hot water until his skin began to shrivel away from his body and he died.  Fellow inmates say he begged for his life before collapsing in the shower.

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I wonder how fast he would shut it down if he had to endure the same treatment.

Man sent to prison for collecting rainwater

From Project Censored:

In Eagle Point, Oregon, Gary Harrington was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay a fine over $1,500 for having three reservoirs for collecting rainwater. He claimed that he tried getting permits for storing rainwater or snow melts, but they have been denied. He said to CBS News that there was no law that forbade him from storing water, but Tom Paul, the administrator of Oregon Water Resources Department, says he was keeping the water from running into the Big Butte River. Harrington points out there are dams already doing so, and that they would be unable to reach the river from his property since his yard is 170 acres.

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