I think you're saying minorities are better off with a justice system than without. Maybe everyone is technically better off with a justice system, than with so

I think you're saying minorities are better off with a justice system than without. Maybe everyone is technically better off with a justice system, than with something like vigilante justice, but the US has always had some level of justice system even during slavery. Was it really to their benefit at that time? Can we say things have improved, yes, very slowly, but systemic racism still exists. >You can't use that stat in that way, presumably they picked the most egregious cases which would be the poorest, etc. No, you cannot just ignore ingrained racism within the judicial system from day one as simply being a class issue. You can read more from the National Registry of Exonerations about racial bias in exonerated cases[1]. 1. http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race_and_Wrongful_Convictions.pdf http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race_...