Apples and Oranges
Filed Under (Biased Media, Tyranny at home) by Don C on 29-02-2008
No doubt we have too many laws in America and we are putting too many people in jail who are not threats to public safety. However, without including at least a footnote regarding the per capita executions I don’t see how the US per capita incarceration numbers are a valid comparison to those of your typical Dictatorship.
The report said the United States incarcerates more people than any other nation, far ahead of more populous China with 1.5 million people behind bars. It said the U.S. also is the leader in inmates per capita (750 per 100,000 people), ahead of Russia (628 per 100,000) and other former Soviet bloc nations which round out the Top 10. (Link)
Let’s not forget that Russia, China and other nations run by despots are known to round up people in the middle of the night who are not to be heard from again.
