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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Man who caused death of his passenger given reduced sentence for being black
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:23:11 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>Apr 17, 2025 at 11:47:35 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>>>An 18 year old who killed one of his passengers when he lost control of 
>>>his car while driving at ridiculous speeds - and injured the rest of 
>>>them - has received a reduced sentence simply for being black.

>>>https://www.yorkregion.com/news/crime/why-was-race-of-man-who-killed-my-daughter-considered-in-sentencing-mother-asks/article_2be8e4be-27df-500e-b0dc-265a67a6da14.html

>>>The mother of the woman killed is trying to understand why the man's 
>>>skin colour should be a factor in the sentence given his flagrant 
>>>carelessness in operating the car. So am I.

>>>A group lobbying for different treatment of black offenders says the 
>>>fact that blacks are over-represented in prisons is sufficient 
>>>justification for reducing the sentence.

>>Being sentenced to prison is a representation issue? I thought it was a
>>matter of justice, taking into account the seriousness of the crime.

>"blacks are over-represented in prisons"

>Maybe they're over-represented in prisons because they commit an outsized
>percentage of the crimes.

>But you're raaaaaciiist if you notice that.

It's not a matter of representation! In the justice system, a criminal
sentenced to prison isn't representing anyone, any class, nor any race.
He's sentenced upon having been convicted of a crime that he, and no one
else, committed.