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It's been shown that while blacks have similar rates of drug use, blacks have a much higher rate of arrest, conviction, and higher sentencing. I think this is t
by hackinthebochs 13y ago
It's been shown that while blacks have similar rates of drug use, blacks have a much higher rate of arrest, conviction, and higher sentencing. I think this is the point that was being made: the criminal justice system itself is racially biased, thus eliminating past convictions as a factor is in the spirit of eliminating racial bias.
- byoung2 13y agoThere is some evidence that Whites have higher rates of marijuana use than Blacks or Hispanics, which makes their lower rate of arrest and conviction more surprising. http://marijuana-arrests.com/graph5.html http://marijuana-arrests.com/graph5.html