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2023-03-06 19:53:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8994860E462F1A94C71F3FF7083F5A7415D66AE65A62452736A54150C709437
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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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