[LaraCroft]

No as the quote says, blacks and whites commit the SAME crime, white gets probation, black gets jail. Whats so difficult to understand about that being wrong?

"Among young people who have never been to a juvenile prison, blacks are more than six times as likely as whites to be sentenced by juvenile courts to prison time, according to a 2000 report, "And Justice for Some," issued by the Justice Department and several foundations. For those charged with drug offenses, black youths are 48 times more likely than whites to be sentenced to juvenile prisons, the report said. "

[dark_lord]

No as the quote says, blacks and whites commit the SAME crime, white gets probation, black gets jail. Whats so difficult to understand about that being wrong?

Without further data one can come to different conclusions. One conclusion is that judges are racist, correct? But another possibility might be that the black teenagers have a much higher rate of previous legal violations, thus after several offenses they are sent to prison. If this were the case, then the "problem" is no problem. The white kids busted get probation because it is a first or 2nd offense, the black kids get jail because it is an 8th or 9th offense -- a previous record of graffiti "tagging", shoplifting, hanging with gangers at 3AM, etc.

The point is, without more data one cannot make a conclusion either way. But this 2nd example show that it is possible the different rates of incarceration are not due to racist judges.

[davisfh]

"No as the quote says, blacks and whites commit the SAME crime, white gets probation, black gets jail. Whats so difficult to understand about that being wrong?"

If that is what is really happening, then I have no problem understanding that to be wrong, Lara. I don't have the stats on this problem but I seriously suspect that a lot of these allegations are simply liberal excuses. It seems to me that if whites are being given lighter sentences or no jail time at all for crimes identical to those committed by blacks, then that is provable and verifiable and would, in short order, be stopped. I'm not from Missouri but I do have to be shown.