... the police were black, while only 17.5% of overall drivers " as well as overall speeders " were black.6 To look at similar case in Volusia County , Florida, in 1992, nearly 70% of those stopped on a particular Interstate highway in central Florida were black or Hispanic, although only 5% of the drivers on that highway were black or Hispanic. Moreover, minorities were detained for longer ... made by legislatures to lengthen drug sentences, combined with drug enforcement tactics, has significantly resulted in the increased number of prisoners that are highly disproportionate to the populat...

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... than that "it signals a dangerous new twist in the twisted way that the system relates to the masses of Black people and other oppressed peoples (971)."" According to American Factfinder, African Americans in 1990 were only 12% of the population, whereas Caucasians made up 80%. This massive difference in population numbers added to the fact that in 1992 80% of America's drug users were White males ... proves statistically that the number of Black men in prison is an injustice (Hutchinson). The aim of this paper is to ... introduce the reasons that black males make up the majority of pr...

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... the white majority". "As an illustration, the smallest town in New Haven County, Beacon Falls, contributed 4.2% of its adult population to the array. In contrast, New Haven, the largest town, was limited by statute to assigning a mere 1.1% of its adults. It is undisputed that a larger concentration of the black population in Connecticut lives in the more populated urban settings" (Alston v. R Manson Haskins ... ). Essentially, the American judicial system encourages its participants in the novel as well as in current-day-reality to be prejudiced, racist and sexist in order to make their s...

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