>>13172664“I went to jail for two weeks, then I went to trial. Thank God I won. That was one of the happiest days; I just felt like my life was going to be taken from me.”
>>13172669You know that totally equal situations don't exist. Averages are more important than single instances anyway. You can probably find a white guy getting a ridiculous sentence higher than a black man got for a similar offense as well, doesn't mean the average doesn't highly disadvantage blacks.
>The federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 mandated the same 5-year minimum sentences for possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine. Now guess which is the black drug of choice and which is the white drug of choice.
>>13172678You should do that too, since repeat offenders are skyhigh in the US because you give ex-cons 0 chance to succeed in society. They are barred from most jobs, can't vote in most instances, don't get help while inside to learn new skills. I suggest you look at how look recidivism is in Scandinavian countries for instance, and what they actually do with their inmates.
