The reality of the American legal system

There’s overwhelming evidence that the criminal-justice system is racist. Here’s the proof. [The Washington Post]

Radley Balko, one of the few real journalists in America, has compiled a long, long, long list of studies showing the racism of the American criminal “justice” system. This is a bit old, but was recently updated with yet more studies. Criminal Defense lawyer Scott Greenfield wrote a response to this pointing out that as racist as the system is, it’s fundamentally flawed for everyone.