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Attorney General Eric Holder: Jail time for blacks is too long
The Washington Times ^ | 4/5/2013

Posted on 04/05/2013 2:35:04 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

Attorney General Eric Holder expressed “concern” Thursday evening that black men are unfairly served with longer prison sentences than white men and that America’s prison system demands overhaul.

“Too many people go to too many prisons for far too long for no good law enforcement reason,” Mr. Holder said, in remarks to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in New York, Politico reported. “It is time to ask ourselves some fundamental questions about our criminal justice system. … It is time to examine our systems and determine what truly works.”

Mr. Holder said in the Politico report that state laws oftentimes require sentences that are too harsh for the specific case — and that “breed[s] disrespect” for the court system. He also referred to a report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission released in February and said figures show that blacks are being disproportionately prosecuted and sentenced.

“I am concerned by a troubling report … which indicates that — in recent years — black male offenders have received sentences that are nearly 20 percent longer than those imposed on white males convicted of similar crimes,” he said, Politico reported.

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To: Altura Ct.
Heck just release the black men - you already set the precedent with relaases of ILLEGL ALIEN CRIMINLAS. Go for it - let's get the revolution started.
101 posted on 04/06/2013 8:12:37 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Altura Ct.

Five Myths of the ‘Racist’ Criminal Justice System
April 19, 2012 | Larry Elder

http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2012/04/19/creators_oped


102 posted on 04/06/2013 8:25:32 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Zero tolerance public school policy came from leftists race baiting school punishment. Baiters claimed more black boys were suspended or expelled than white boys from public schools. School boards did not want to be named guilty of racism by virtue of quota statistics (an absolute false premise) they decided widen the pool of punishable behavior. Hence, a gang banger with a gun at school gets expelled just like the white boy who drew a picture of a battle with guns or shot someone with his finger. The attacker in the fight is suspended as along with the victim.

You can see the same mentality working at DHS where Christians are named terrorists like Islamists and everyone at the airport gets sexually molested, even a child in a wheelchair or a blue haired granny. They will stick their filthy hands all over people whether they surgical wounds or not. They did not want to be “unfair” and only check jihadists at the gates. In fact, DHS gave Saudi travelers special fast clearance. (the 911 bombers were Saudis) So they make perfectly innocent people guilty and perfectly guilty people innocent, in equality. Injustice makes leftists all fuzzy inside.


103 posted on 04/06/2013 8:28:02 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Responsibility2nd

What a racist, no,, he’s a dagumed racist. What about doing the time for the crime?
Where is major hasan, Benghazi, Voter intimidation, Chicago, Fast and Furious? Come off it Holder you ignorant slut.


104 posted on 04/06/2013 8:34:42 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: Morgana

Because they can...


105 posted on 04/06/2013 8:35:53 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Altura Ct.
Sentences for dirty cops, politicians and big business cronies are way too short. Or often times nonexistent. I say mandatory death penalty for all corrupt elected officials but that has as a good a chance of passing as moochelle taking flight...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095772/Cowboy-cop-Jason-Arbeeny-planted-crack-couples-car-seat-escapes-jail.html

106 posted on 04/06/2013 9:57:15 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: mrsmel
Step 1: Whitey shoots one or more of Obama's sons during a "wilding" incident. Media fans the flames.

Step 2: Race riots start. Martial law is soon declared for most of the US population. Economy grinds to a halt.

Step 3: Systematic disarming of the US with backscatter vans and drones begins. "We must temporarily abandon freedom to save freedom."

Step 4:

107 posted on 04/06/2013 10:13:13 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: Altura Ct.
black male offenders have received sentences that are nearly 20 percent longer than those imposed on white males convicted of similar crimes,” he said, Politico reported.

Is this an apples to apples comparison? Does the data take into consideration repeat offenders? Same crime? Pleading guilty vs leaving it to a jury?

108 posted on 04/06/2013 11:52:37 PM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Liz

Sorry, Liz. They know exactly how democracy works, and it’s exactly their path. They have destroyed representative republicanism. Mob rules.

Mob rules.

Exactly the reason the founders set up checks and balances. They’ve turned us into a democracy. It’s all a popularity contest now, and middle Americans are the losers.


109 posted on 04/07/2013 12:02:42 AM PDT by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Good one to bring to this thread.


110 posted on 04/07/2013 1:30:48 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: I want the USA back

‘Lotta provocateurs on this thread. Just sayin’.


111 posted on 04/07/2013 3:24:31 AM PDT by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: varyouga

Exactly. Jesse Jackazz has already called for federal forces, essentially martial law, to deal with the high black murder rate in Chicago, though of course he only boo-hoos about the black victims and ignored the fact that the perps are also black. And not a peep about the non-black victims of the mobs.


112 posted on 04/07/2013 3:32:43 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Altura Ct.

After seeing this, it is sickening to think that these are the people running your healthcare. They are setting it up where all blacks will be in a separate section from whites. It also tells you who is going to be denied treatments and subsidies.


113 posted on 04/07/2013 3:38:07 AM PDT by dforest (I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Altura Ct.

It’s worth noting that the complaint is NEVER, EVER, that whites don’t get enough time...it’s that blacks get too much.

That alone should be enough to convince ANYONE that there is a political agenda attached.


114 posted on 04/07/2013 5:04:32 AM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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To: Doc Savage

I don’t want dangerous white criminals released back into my white community, so why do the want dangerous black criminals released into theirs?


115 posted on 04/07/2013 5:15:42 AM PDT by MNDude (I survived the sequester!)
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To: onyx

Beelzebub means “Lord of the Flies”.


116 posted on 04/07/2013 5:30:38 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Bon mots

He needs these broth as for the New HSSS...


117 posted on 04/07/2013 5:33:33 AM PDT by Shady (Libya shows us how Americans rate...)
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To: Altura Ct.; mickie
Bear in mind that Holder and his Godfather-in-Chief are both lame ducks.

We can expect ANYTHING emanating from these two because (1) they can....(2) they both will be gone after 2016)....(3) they will.

Fasten your seat belts (and your gun belts) for the bumpy ride during this administration's final four. You ain't seen nothin' yet, believe me. This rot from Holder is only a preview of coming attractions.

Leni

118 posted on 04/07/2013 6:00:40 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Responsibility2nd

He is one of the “equal outcome, not equal opportunity” folks.


119 posted on 04/07/2013 6:52:34 AM PDT by joseph20 (...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
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To: Doc Savage

He is already trying to shorten his own sentence. And isn’t that a state issue?


120 posted on 04/07/2013 7:08:14 AM PDT by DeWalt
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