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AngryDatatoday at 12:26 AM1 replyview on HN

The incarceration rate today is 4x that what it was in MLK's day. And im willing to bet the monetary punishments are similarly increased, if not even higher.


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djeastmtoday at 12:53 AM

>The incarceration rate today is 4x that what it was in MLK's day.

What percentage of that is from civil disobedience vs "the war on drugs"?