Re: another Darwin award candidate
 

I actually did reference the source I quoted. The link is here http://www.prisonstudies.org/sites/d..._edition_1.pdf

Another interesting read is https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...0/#!po=26.0563 which goes some way to explain a PROPORTIONATE level of prison population by minority groups.

When quoting prisoners without trial it is a little misleading to include those who pleaded guilty. The alternative is to have someone plead guilty but then still go through the trial to prove guilt. That's a waste of time and money. You also have to remember that figure includes plea bargains. So the low trial rate reflects only those who pleaded innocent and then were found guilty. The concerning figure is that of people in prison awaiting trial.

The most shocking statistic to look at is the number of people in prison awaiting trial per 100,000 of the national population.

Re: another Darwin award candidate
 

You miss the context in contemporary America.
It was just 50 years ago that race riots were rife and MLK was killed. Racial hatred still exists and is overt - I've heard of close family members verbally, fortunately not physically, abused in the street on grounds of race. There are all to frequent tales of police brutality towards African-Americans - just last week a police officer shot and killed a black man who was sitting in his own flat, the officer claimed she was confused and thought she was in her own flat?!? But the list of cases is long and well documented. Just one list of cases is here https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ers/469467002/

Articles such as this one https://www.vox.com/cards/police-bru...-police-racism only highlight part of the issue.

But to dismiss the whole issue as political correctness driven by "swivel eyes" is rather like denying institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police at the time of the Stephen Lawrence case.

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You can make all the excuses you like, but it is obvious that African Americans are killing far more members of all other racial groups ( including Hispanics and other blacks ) than they should be. If you want to stop other people picking on you the best thing to do is make sure they know you mean them no harm, take the moral high ground. If you are a minority group in a country (13% of population) it is obvious that violence will get you nowhere, it will only get you targeted as trouble makers and make people's trigger fingers very itchy when you are around..

Re: another Darwin award candidate
 

Stop reading the daily mail, its melting your brain.

Re: another Darwin award candidate
 

Since we have drifted seriously :offtopic:

I bring your attention back to the original article which has now been updated with another guy teaching Nike what they can do with their shoes. He even arranges the shoes for the camera so you can see the capital "N" on them...wait, isn't that...oh well, it's the thought that counts, I suppose.

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/09/11...hoolboy-error/

I keep thinking that people cannot be that stupid but they keep demonstrating otherwise, therefore I have a cunning, mad scientist plan; I develop a persistent, airborne contraceptive and you only get the antidote if you pass an intelligence test. Solves the stupidity of mankind, reduces the population and makes me rich. Pass me that biology introduction book. :D

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dont know about all that but my porridge oats were not milled properly when i poured them out the new packet this morning. looked at the packet and yup it said GIANT porridge oats, its a conspiracy i tell thee.

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A few answers to clear up some misconceptions.





Drug crimes are prevalent among all races.





Er..what????
FALSE
Sorry, not one word of that is true.







It's up to the Judge whether to hit you with the "3 strike rule" or not, if it's trivial enough and there is no victim he may not, but I wouldn't count on it.
If they they do charge you, yes, it is an automatic sentence, you are escorted from the courtroom to the jail to serve that sentence AND the suspended sentences you got for the first 2 crimes.

Even if you are not jailed for a crime in the US you are given a suspended sentence and if you break your terms of suspension you will serve that sentence. Applies to any crime.





True.
Smaller crimes involved in civil court (money disputes, etc.) get bench trials.
If you lose a bench trial, you can (possibly) appeal and then have a jury trial but if you are guilty or think you will be found guilty it would be a mistake.
Jury trials for civil matters are often called "Double or Nothing" as the penalty will be much worse if you lose the jury trial.
Note, if there is undeniable evidence of your guilt the judge will not grant you an appeal.





True






True and most make plea deals and plead guilty to get reduced sentences and fines.
The penalties are worse if you lose in a trial, so if you are guilty it's your best bet.