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Re: Most Black Americans 'Pessimistic' About US Under Trump, See President As 'Racist': WaPo/Ipsos Poll

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 20 20:10:35 2020, in response to Re: Most Black Americans 'Pessimistic' About US Under Trump, See President As 'Racist': WaPo/Ipsos Poll, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jan 20 19:21:59 2020.

5/6 of all the murder or criminal convictions against defendants of color aren't "wrongful", but here a public defender explains how innocent people are often forced to plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit. This is especially true for Black defendants.

It's also one very good reason why the Black incarceration rate is so artificially high. Just the threat of terrifyingly long prison sentences for losing at trial is one reason why so many people--even those who couldn't possibly have committed the crime they were charged with--plead to a lesser offense. It's not quite as cut-and-dry as you think.

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