Re: [OT] Man who caused death of his passenger given reduced sentence for being black

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Apr 17, 2025 at 1:58:33 PM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

4/17/2025 4:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

Apr 17, 2025 at 1:11:16 PM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

4/17/2025 3:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

Apr 17, 2025 at 11:47:35 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

. . .

Being sentenced to prison is a representation issue? I thought it was a
matter of justice, taking into account the seriousness of the crime.

"blacks are over-represented in prisons"

Maybe they're over-represented in prisons because they commit an outsized
percentage of the crimes.

But you're raaaaaciiist if you notice that.

Maybe they're over-represented because they're more likely to be given
prison sentences.

Nope. FBI stats disprove that little dodge.

For example, blacks-- who are 19% of the population-- commit over 50%
of the murders in America.

And that's just one crime where they're wildly over-represented as
perpetrators.

You think blacks *aren't* historically more likely to be handed a prison
sentence?  Afaics, your little "FBI stats" example doesn't address that.

It *does* address that they're committing way more crimes in the first place.
Maybe stop doing that and you don't have to worry about getting a longer
prison sentence than whitey.

Wow.

moviePig thinks he's made a political point by condemning statistics he's
completely unfamiliar with? That makes him... a Republican.

This isn't rocket science. Normalize by comparing comparable crimes and
prior convictions and sentences received upon the latest conviction. Then
argue whether judges are discriminating in sentences on race.