Buried Alive Behind Bars
Introduction
Image ID: a man standing in a jail cell, holding the steel bars in front of him. The man has a goatee and short hair and is looking straight ahead. The background behind the man includes smaller images of people with distorted features and unhappy or angry expressions who appear to restrained and trapped. In the top left corner, the words “BURIED ALIVE BEHIND BARS” is pictured. In the bottom right corner, the words “ABOLISH LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” is pictured.
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