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Blacks 10 to 21 times more likely to get prison for drugs
Saturday, January 05, 2008

Posted by Justin Jeffre

You may have missed Bill Sloat’s Bellwether report on this great disparity, but it’s worth taking a look. According to the Justice Policy Institute, drug use among blacks and whites is about the same, but more blacks continue to wind up behind bars. The statistics point to clear racial injustice and bias in our legal system.

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