Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Feb 26 2025 02:05:00

RM> This is true.. and I probably should not mention that the race of the
RM> offender often has a big affect on that, the opposite affect it had
RM> 20 years ago probably..

AT>We've taken a sharp left turn in New York State since about 2019, but I don't
  >ink we're that far yet (letting minorities out of jail first?) But shhh let's
  >t talk about that because we might jinx it :)

That reminded me of something I read a couple of years back when they
were going nuts claiming that blacks were vastly discriminated against
because even though they only represented under 20% of the population
in New York, they made up 60% of those in prison. Some smart person
resonded to that (probably lost their job over it) that they looked
into the crime statistics and that 65% of the crime was done by black
people so they were actualy UNDER represented in prison..

AT> RM> You hear a lot of, these 'poor' people can't afford bail so we should
  > RM> let them out without posting bail..

AT>That's almost exactly what my state representative said to me when I complain
  >about it. Equality is in the trash, now they've replaced that word with "equi
  > (but of course this isn't a bank!)

Justice is supposed to be blind. It's paying way too much attention to
colour these days it seems.. Obviously the rich have certain advantges
over the poor but maybe what they should do is base things like bail
amounts on a percentage of the person's income or assets. A poor person,
regardless of colour, would have a hard time raising $20,000 bail but
a millionaire probably spends that on coffee..

Maybe they need an AI system to decide bail and jail terms when a
person is found guilty to eliminate things like the rich getting
special treatment and even 'beautiful' people getting lesser
sentences than others..

That reminded me of another pet peeve of mine..
Victim impact statements in court before sentencing.

Is it fair that doing a crime against someone with few friends may
get you a lesser penalty than against someone with more friends
and/or family for doing the same crime?

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