It's well-documented and widely-accepted that minorities are disproportionately imprisoned for non-violent crimes knowingly incarcerating and condemning one population to a lifetime of unemployment is not only inhumane but it is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which is supposed to protect all Americans from all types of discrimination.
Similarly, white youths charged with violent offenses are incarcerated for an average of 193 days after trial, but blacks are incarcerated an average of 254 days and Hispanics are incarcerated an average of 305 days.
Cameo performances from Stephen Dorff as Richard's violent brother Joey, incarcerated in a New Jersey prison, and James Franco as one of Richard's victims illuminate this extremely well-acted film like struck matches.
A study conducted by the Legal Action Center found that thousands of people who have never been convicted of any violent offense are incarcerated on drug charges every year, some on first offenses, some on second.
Simpson will be at least 70 when and if he's released on parole, and could very well spend the remaining years of his violent, wretched life incarcerated, exactly where he should've been all along.
Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the results "were largely due to the leadership at the state, local and federal levels of Republicans committed to arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating violent criminals".
Let's expand drug treatment and find smarter ways to protect society from repeat violent offenders while incarcerating fewer of our citizens.
Nonviolent drug abusers are incarcerated and violent family members go unpunished.
The fact of the matter is that violent criminals should be incarcerated.
Since the program's inception, 441 men, roughly a quarter of whom had been incarcerated for violent crimes, have graduated.
