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When prior reports have shown racial discrepancies in incarceration rates, critics have rushed to counter that minorities commit a disproportionate amount of crime. However, this response cannot explain the disparities at each stage in the process documented by the national and state data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal agencies. Blacks under the age of 18 make up 15 percent of their age group and 26 percent of those arrested. But they also represent 46 percent of all juveniles referred to adult criminal courts, 40 percent of those sent to juvenile prisons and 58 percent...
...federal criminal code cannot be allowed to be turned into a billboard" he said...
...Half the population cannot work or travel when they are being beaten and targeted," she said...
Khatami walks a delicate line, torn between the forces of change and tradition in Iran. He must be intelligent and brave to stand up to the forces of conservatism without risking his place in power. Most importantly, Khatami cannot afford to let his authority continue to be undermined by the conservative clerics. The time is ripe for Khatami to take a stand...
...partial birth" abortion bans that have been passed by legislatures in 30 states. By striking down the Nebraska law the Supreme Court will be setting a precedent that both protects reproductive rights and discourages the passage of similar laws which attempt to ban procedure by procedure what cannot be banned constitutionally...