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To: abbagrace who wrote (297528)	9/17/2002 5:08:33 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

TULIA: A Case Study in Racial Injustice Hi Hugh, Re: It all comes down to the main point that NONE of these men (black, white, red, yellow, pink or green) would be getting sentenced to ANY TIME if they hadn't broken the law !! If you don't break the law you don't need to worry about it. That is a remarkably naive statement. Here is a perfect example of the malicious use of drug laws for the suppression of minorities: ariannaonline.com nytimes.com query.nytimes.com query.nytimes.com Other Herbert Editorial available at NY Times kunstler.org

To: abbagrace who wrote (297528)	9/17/2002 6:21:17 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Respond to of 769667

<<The juries sentence people for breaking the law and a lot of that depends on what has happened leading up to that trial.>> You've got this all wrong. The federal government has passed mandatory minimum sentences which are far more harsh for crack than they are for powder cocaine. The judge and juries have little or no discretion in these cases. Since crack is prevalent in the inner-cities and powder cocaine is more popular in the suburbs, you have a real institutionalized racial bias against blacks and other minorities when it comes to cocaine use and possession. Steve