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RainDog

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3. The U.S. has more political prisoners than China

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 12:12 AM

Aug 2013

of course, maybe they just execute more people, but per capita, we have a larger prison population than China.

Most of those arrests were for drug law violations.

The law regarding cannabis and other psychotropics enacted by Congress and overseen by the DEA are political, not scientific, in nature and are the result of Nixon's desire to punish his political enemies.

Therefore, those imprisoned for those substances are political, not criminal prisoners, since the law that made such things criminal was entirely political in nature.

Nice job, conservatives!

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2011 arrest statistics from the FBI [View all] limpyhobbler Aug 2013 OP

1 in 25 men, women, babies, and grandmas? I find this figure unfathomable. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

Ah ok good catch. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #2

I added a little disclaimer to the OP too. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #4

Thanks, K/R and I see a number of the comments point out the bad math. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #5

The U.S. has more political prisoners than China RainDog Aug 2013 #3

"The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations" I'm shocked, shocked I say! Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #6

Bump for more attention. Logical Aug 2013 #7