Charts of the day: a friendly reminder of our criminal justice system’s racism

Published on by khalper

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Earlier, I wrote about a disturbing ACLU report on non-violent offenders being sent to jail for life without parole (LWOP). Here are some handy charts which point out just how egregiously racist the application of life sentences is.

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Originally posted on Feministing.

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