by Phillip Sutton
The mighty United States of America, in its human rights righteousness, wags its shaming finger at the rest of the world while hiding the fact that it is home to only 5% of the world’s population but a staggering 25% of its prisoners. We have by far the most punitive laws and equally harsh criminal justice system in the world, yet violent crime is again spiraling out of control. Our response? We react with fear and hatred while forgetting the failures of our past. Like a blood-thirsty mob out for revenge, we demand to go back into the tough-on-crime era and try to incarcerate our way out of our problems.
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