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   RM> That reminded me of something I read a couple of years back when they   
   > > were going nuts claiming that blacks were vastly discriminated against   
   > > because even though they only represented under 20% of the population   
   > > in New York, they made up 60% of those in prison. Some smart person   
   > > resonded to that (probably lost their job over it) that they looked   
   > > into the crime statistics and that 65% of the crime was done by black   
   > > people so they were actualy UNDER represented in prison..   
   > > When I answered this last night I missed something pretty obvious.   
      
   > > If you have 5 black people and 5 white people found guilty and in jail   
   > > then they each make up 50% of the population..   
      
   > > But if, say, the black people are in jail for doing 2 criminal acts   
   > > and the whites only 1 then that would mean the blacks make up 50% of   
   > > the jail population but had committed 66% of the crimes..   
      
   RS>Being guilty of a crime and being convicted of a crime are 2 different   
   things   
     >ust because more blacks are convicted of crimes doesn't necessarily means   
   mor   
     >lacks are conducting more crimes. They could just be more likely to be   
   convic   
     > and incarcerated for more crimes.   
      
   But we were talking about people already in prison so they have been   
   tried and convicted. I was just suggesting how fewer of them in prison   
   could represent a higher percentage of crimes than their numbers might   
   suggest. I doubt anyone wants to fill up the prisons with people who   
   didn't do a crime so we sort of have to assume guilt when they were   
   tried and found guilty.   
      
   It's all wasted talk anyways. Anyone who breaks the law should   
   have to pay a price for it based on how serious the crime was   
   and other considerations shouldn't come into it, but often do..   
      
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