The most depressing chart I've seen in a while. It details the increasing disparity between arrest rates for black and white Americans, especially men.
PEW has the full study.
The right's three-strikes and throw away the key approaches didn't work, neither did the left's kinder and gentler approach. Education seems to be the key....men with less than a HS diploma are most likely to end up behind bars.
Rand Paul, seeking the Republican Presidential nomination, adopted the issue in a Friday campaign speech.
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PEW has the full study.
Rand Paul, seeking the Republican Presidential nomination, adopted the issue in a Friday campaign speech.
"Frankly it's easier to arrest poor kids in urban environments," Paul said. "The disparity though in sentencing between powdered and crack cocaine is now less glaring than it used to be. But there's still a disparity. We should free those sentenced under the old guidelines. In addition I want to go one step farther. Today I am announcing legislation that will be introduced today that eliminates any disparity between crack and powdered cocaine."Will that help him win the republican nomination?
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