Just spoke to the NAACP about criminal justice reform, something many broadly agree on. Some stats:
America is home to 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners.
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America keeps more people behind bars than the top 35 European countries combined.
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In 1980, there were 500,000 people in American jails. Today, there are 2.2 million. Many belong. But too many are nonviolent offenders.
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@POTUS eat me outThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS@whereshumanity1 Many of those prisoners are African Americans. -
@CombatChris1@POTUS@whereshumanity1 There are black people in other countries, there are even *gasp* black countries with no such racism - 1 more reply
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Mass pardon for all marijuana offenders
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@POTUS help reduce penalties for nonviolent drug offenders. The sentences do not match the crimes and lives are ruined because of it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS@WhiteHouse: America is home to 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS not a good ratio imo.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS: America is home to 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners.” Quit locking people up for smoking a plant.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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