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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 22 Oct 2017

    The powerful go free, the poor get punished: How perverse incentives affect the criminal-justice systemhttp://on.wsj.com/2gvVBHp 

    5:00 PM - 22 Oct 2017
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      1. Dennis Wingo‏ @wingod 22 Oct 2017
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        Its not incentives that are perverse, its the character of those involved.

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      1. KC‏ @squirrelinNH 22 Oct 2017
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        perverse incentives, my ass...tell the truth, there are two legal systems, one for peasants, one for elites...jesus TRUTH

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      1. X CORPS  🏴‏ @x_corps 22 Oct 2017
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        The judges are where the true corruption lies. They get phone calls from the 'overseers' in the deep state telling them how a case must end.

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      1. Hawkeye005‏ @Hawkeye005 23 Oct 2017
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        See Bill and Hillary Clinton...

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      1. John Smith‏ @Uroskarhu777 23 Oct 2017
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        Interesting how with the privatization of prisons, and the bottomless taxpayer dollars prosecutors have access to, coupled with the relentless pursuit of a conviction, no matter what, we have this current state of affairs. ☹️

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        This is UNACCEPTABLE in a free society, i.e., there has to be a RENUNCIATION of CRIME in segments of society claiming disparate treatment.

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        that there is a "growing 'culture of crime' in the U.S." where popular music/movies/T.V. implicitly ratify/glorify even VIOLENT CRIMES.

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      1. Elizabeth S. Logan‏ @tndemocrat1 22 Oct 2017
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        Our current legal system is 100% socioeconomically biased!

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      1. KC‏ @squirrelinNH 22 Oct 2017
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        tell the truth for godsakes, we have a two tier justice system in US now....elites stealing from or killing peasants is PERFECTLY legal....

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      1. Cory P‏ @eBismarck 23 Oct 2017
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        The rich get richer the poor get prison.

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      1. herij‏ @herij1987 22 Oct 2017
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        http://MyJobisFirst.com/?refcode=49336 

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      1. Breanna Thompson‏ @BreannaThom4665 22 Oct 2017
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        Kaepernick should be talking about your @Jnewell_3 last retweet

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      1. HowardH‏ @HH41848213 22 Oct 2017
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        A truer comment has never been made.juduciary is as rotten as as the rest of Government. Money always wins. Sad but true! Always has been!

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      1. Lynn Petronella‏ @athlette 22 Oct 2017
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        FINANCIAL HARRASSMENT OF WOMEN DID LARGEST DEAL IN WALL STREET HISTORY PETER CASERTA OF SPECTRUM AND HIS ATTORNEY CHRIS THREATENED ME

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        "Poverty is the Mother of all crime." - English Proverb

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        when it's CONGRESS abdicating its LEGAL DUTY to REGULATE OUR GENERAL WELFARE. That INCLUDES spending $ on U.S. STATES vs. Islamic States.

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        Second, there is "no reference" to the LACK OF JOB CREATION in the same neighborhoods w/ the worst crime rates. The Police are often blamed

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      1. Secret t‏ @Secret____t 22 Oct 2017
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        Without discounting the rich/poor disparity, there are two exceedingly important subtexts omitted from this ongoing conversation. First,

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