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Originally Posted by jfman
That's fantastic!
So a predominantly white criminal justice system is less likely to arrest white people and less likely to convict. Where a conviction does take place a white person is less likely to face a custodial sentence. If they do face a custodial sentence it's likely to be for a shorter period of time, and white people are more likely to be released early.
An astonishing set of statistics.
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Ah, back to extrapolating a sample size of one.
Of course a better representation of reality than official statistics.
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You CANNOT use overall figures without looking at the make-up of those figures. If certain groups are committing more serious crimes in a category, then they are justifiably going to get longer sentences.
The highest conviction rate in those figures is for White people at 86%.