[lbo-talk] [WTF] More than 10% of Texans currently wanted by police

[Sandy Harris]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:41 AM,  <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 7:20 am, double bluff forwarded:
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> [original link]:
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> http://shapleigh.org/news/1357-from-the-senator-s-desk
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> [Cackle]. Yep, I see those "Click it or ticket" billboards all around the
> People's Republic of Austin, which is a blessed safe zone from the
> surrounding madness. Those fines weigh heaviest on the working-class and
> communities of color, of course.
>
> Throw in the millions of adults who have downloaded the slightest bit of
> copyrighted content (punishable by a felony conviction and $250,000 in
> fines), miscellaneous other assorted fines, misdemeanors and malfeasances,
> and the Land of the Free has criminalized most of its population.

Yes, the US has a far higher percentage of the population in jail
than any other nation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html

I thought the drug laws were the main reason, though.

-- 
Sandy Harris,
Quanzhou, Fujian, China