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by Topher Sanders onJuly 4, 2011
A recent study of women convicted of crimes shows that dark-complexioned blacks serve more time in jail.
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by John McWhorter onMay 17, 2011
Raising moral issues about mass incarceration will not work. Let's argue that halting it will, at last, end their white guilt about the "black problem."
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April 6, 2011
It's not just fairness -- although more black men are in jail than were slaves in 1850. The cost is driving states to bankruptcy.
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