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by wu-ikkyu 3073 days ago
>To call it 'worst' is a value judgment and not an objective statement

Why does that matter here?

The very laws which a large % of them broke (drug laws) are not based on objective statements.
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djrogers 3073 days ago
>The very laws which a large % of them broke (drug laws)

Common misconception, but that's not actually the case - best numbers show about 15% of prisoners are in with drug charges.

[1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/releasing-drug-offender...

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wu-ikkyu 3073 days ago
>best numbers show about 15% of prisoners are in with drug charges.

That's incorrect. The source says ~16% had, as their most serious offence, a drug charge.

So in reality more than 16% are serving time for drug crimes. It seems a bit disingenuous that the statistic is posed like that, especially when considering the cyclical nature of incarceration,"3 strikes" laws, and the cascading violence caused by drug laws.

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