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By Corey Rayburnyung

The ABA Journal reports that one in 100 adults in the U.S. is serving time in prison or jail right now.  According to 2006 Justice Department figures, the numbers are even higher for minority groups: 1 in 36 Hispanic adults and 1 in 15 African-American adults are behind bars.  The Associated Press also has an article available here.  I would guess that most Americans believe that most of those incarcerated are sex offenders, murderers, and armed robbers.  However, a vast majority of that imprisoned population is non-violent offenders. Sentencing Law and Policy has a post discussing Kentucky bill (previously mentioned here) that would ?require the forfeiture of all real and personal property used in or acquired as a result of certain sexual offenses against minors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).