zero tolerance

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Apr 26 12:51:08 PDT 2000


At 02:26 PM 4/26/00 -0400, Doug quoted:
>[Another take on zero tolerance...]
>
>New York Times - April 26, 2000
>Similarly, white youths charged with violent offenses are
>incarcerated for an average of 193 days after trial, but blacks are
>incarcerated an average of 254 days and Hispanics are incarcerated an
>average of 305 days.

So is to be done to fight that injustice? Abolish penalty for violent crime altogether, as the Loonie Left seems to suggest, or bring the sentences given to white criminals to the level served by their black and hispanic cronies?

wojtek



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