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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution allows for involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime:
What if the criminal punishment clause did not exist, with the 13th Amendment reading like this:
Section 1. 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.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
What if the criminal punishment clause did not exist, with the 13th Amendment reading like this:
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.