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Why does the USA have so many people in jail?

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roxrkool
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04-06-2006 12:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by EZscience
04-06-2006 10:30 AM

I personally am sickened by the amount of poor nobodies in prison.
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Our justice system favors the rich and well-known. If you have the money or know the right people (e.g., Arizona camp counselors ) or even if you are 'too hot,' you generally serve less time or no time. Not to mention the bevy of movie stars, professional athletes, and musicians who get off scot free time after time - at least while they are popular.
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Somehow, if you are successful, you are a better person and more worthy of forgiveness than if you are poor... and non-white.
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roxrkool
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04-11-2006 11:12 AM 		Reply to: Message 79 by macaroniandcheese
04-11-2006 11:00 AM

Re: illegals crimes that put them in prisons
According to the National Center for Immigration Law, one in ten U.S. soliders who have DIED in Iraq have been immigrants. Five percent of those serving in our military are illegal immigrants.
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The first soldier to die for the United States in the current war in Iraq was Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala.
Hey brenn, do you have a link for that? Scary. Even the Feds look the other way.
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