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The Bureau of Justice Statistics contradicts your information. The official numbers on their homepage show that in 2005, 53% of state inmates were sentenced fo
by shpxnvz 17y ago
The Bureau of Justice Statistics contradicts your information.
The official numbers on their homepage show that in 2005, 53% of state inmates were sentenced for violent crimes, versus only 20% for drug crimes.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
Note that the statistics only count the most serious of the offenses for which the person was sentenced, which means that some of the violent offenders may have also been charged with drug crimes.
- req2 17y agoSuppose every violent crime has a sentence of one year, and every drug crime a sentence of five years. You'll retain drug inmates and lose violent inmates, quickly yielding a situation in which there are more drug inmates than violent inmates. (This is simply to demonstrate a logical contradiction in your proposed evidence, and is not intended to make a factual argument.)
- req2 17y agoIt's not kosher to complain about a downvote, but this is a logically sound and complete demonstration of why the evidence posted above doesn't actually support the purported claim. It indicates, yes, but it is in no way, shape, or fashion proof. I'm not sure how a correction is liable for downvotes.
- Dilpil 17y agoBecause HN is turning into Digg.
- timwiseman 17y agoThank you for the citation, it is informative.