210 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 13 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Old Sparky & Fat Tony - Lessons I Learned As A Lawyer, Part 2 bitcoin
The racial inequities are well known. The whole crack v. powder cocaine sentence disparity was an embarrassment. Check out this link:
https://civilrights.org/blog/its-time-to-end-the-racist-and-unjustified-sentencing-disparity-between-crack-and-powder-cocaine/
That's the kind of stuff I was familiar with, but the magnitude of incarceration shocked me.
I recall it was roughly 1/4 young black men incarcerated vs 1/5 employed. Those are such crazy numbers.
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Very sad.
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