Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : ROB SWINDELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Mar 11 2025 01:08:00

RM> 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..
> > When I answered this last night I missed something pretty obvious.

> > If you have 5 black people and 5 white people found guilty and in jail
> > then they each make up 50% of the population..

> > But if, say, the black people are in jail for doing 2 criminal acts
> > and the whites only 1 then that would mean the blacks make up 50% of
> > the jail population but had committed 66% of the crimes..

RS>Being guilty of a crime and being convicted of a crime are 2 different things
  >ust because more blacks are convicted of crimes doesn't necessarily means mor
  >lacks are conducting more crimes. They could just be more likely to be convic
  > and incarcerated for more crimes.

But we were talking about people already in prison so they have been
tried and convicted. I was just suggesting how fewer of them in prison
could represent a higher percentage of crimes than their numbers might
suggest. I doubt anyone wants to fill up the prisons with people who
didn't do a crime so we sort of have to assume guilt when they were
tried and found guilty.

It's all wasted talk anyways. Anyone who breaks the law should
have to pay a price for it based on how serious the crime was
and other considerations shouldn't come into it, but often do..

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