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Another reason to thank Doug Berman

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The Pew Research Center reports that one in 100 adults in the U.S. is serving time in prison or jail right now. Those numbers breakdown to about: 1 in 36 Hispanic adults, 1 in 15 African-American adults, & 1 in 9 African-Americans between 20 & 34 are behind bars. The Associated Press also has an article available here. WaPo’s post is here. About1 in 600 people in prison are under a sentence of death. Put another way, SL&P relates to about 600 times more people than we do. I should note that Megan McArdle, here, offers another reason why she rocks on this subject. [edited to remove unintentional snarkiness]

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).