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14 Shocking Facts That Prove the Criminal Justice System Is Racist

By "Persian Cowboy"

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The following is Prof. Bill Quingly's 14 shocking facts for AlterNet that proves our criminal justice system is racist. While these might sound shocking to some of you, it doesn't sound so shocking to those of us anti-death penalty activist who witness this racism on daily basis. The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts are overwhelming. No real debate about that. Below I set out numerous examples of these facts. The question is ? are these facts the mistakes of an otherwise good system, or are they evidence that the racist criminal justice system is working exactly as intended? Is the US criminal justice system operated to marginalize and control millions of African Americans?Information on race is available for each step of the criminal justice system -- from the use of drugs, police stops, arrests, getting out on bail, legal representation, jury selection, trial, sentencing, prison, parole and freedom...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).