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Old 12-17-2004, 08:47 AM   #46
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I have a feeling that minorities are involved more with the crimes that have been targeted for stiff sentencing. Of course those crimes may have been targeted because of minority involvement.
White collar crime is handled in such a way that much less time as a whole is spent in prison. I'm betting that that goes a long way towards skewing the in prison representation of of whites versus minorities.

Additionally, money makes a case much easier to get pled off or successfully fought.
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