[SampleMan]

Out of a total of 222 acts of clemency given by Barbour during his tenure – 156 of which Attorney General Jim Hood has subsequently argued may be constitutionally invalid because of public notice violations – two-thirds benefited white prisoners. Meanwhile, two-thirds of the state's prison population is black.

Sooooo, we finally get a factual report on prison statistical makeup. 37% of Mississippi's population makes up 66% of its felons. Hmmmmm....

So if blacks were twice as likely to commit a felony, they would make up 50% of the prison population. To get to 66% blacks have to commit 340% more felonies or more serious felonies.

These pardons shouldn't have happened period, but while we're addressing the injustice of percentages, I would like an answer from the "black leadership" concerning why society should have to put up with this.

[dfwgator]

Richard Pryor after meeting the blacks in the penitentiary.......”Thank God we got penitentiaries.”

[jiggyboy]

There you go — I’d bet that the bright line is whether he’s a repeat offender / career criminal or not.

[JimRed]

37% of Mississippi's population makes up 66% of its felons.

If you tweak those numbers to reality, black males of an appropriate age range are probably the predominant factor in the prison population; that should be less than 20% of the population committing 66% of the felonies.

I truly feel for the decent, God-fearing black people who are tarred by simply looking like part of the problem.