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2023-03-06 14:56:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6E70575FA558945B7AD5AA6EA5A617A0ABAB46F3452F01354C3BA8499773C1F4
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The statement is false; Indigenous societies had their own justice systems and did not routinely subject prisoners to rape, torture, or murder. Enslavement and captivity were not widespread. https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/bitstream/handle/11122/9753/8729.02.conn.1991.punishment-precolonial-indigenous.ch.pdf https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/police-and-punishment-among-native-americans-plains
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