Do black men receive longer prison sentences than white men for the same crimes?

Answer 1

Answer:Yes they do. But let me explain why. It is not because they are more violent than white men. It is because of the sentencing guidelines which are setup by white men which allow judges to have a heyday on whom they will. The United States only makes up 5% of the world population but has the world's largest prison system. Even larger than that of China. Black men only make up 6% of the US population but make up over 45% of the prison population. Asians and Hispanics make up about 25% of the prison population combined. White men make up about only 30% and this is mostly poor whites. Looking at the statistics one would think that black men are more criminal when they are no more criminal than any other race of men. The reason they out number all other race of men in prison is because they get horrendously long sentences for non-violent crimes. Black men are in prison for drug charges more than any other crime. Being a pedophile is a terrible crime. 80% of the males who commit this horrendous act are white. Though this is perceived to be an act of violence against a child, white men receive far less time than a black male who got caught smoking crack or got caught selling 10 rocks of crack cocaine. Google and see for yourself.

+ It is very unfortunate, that there is no outcry among African Americans for what is going on. I personally know of men who smoked marijuana at one time but stopped...but because they associated at one time or another with someone who did, they are serving 15 to 20 years in prison. Judges are able to do this through what is called "Conspiracy Charges". When you get a conspiracy charge, they (the feds) collect as much marijuana or cocaine as they can and charge each person they've arrested with that exact amount of drugs. It does not matter whether you personally ever even saw the marijuana or not. You are charged and sentenced as though you personally sold it. This action is legal because whites have made it legal, thus making it possible to imprison a huge number of black men for long periods of time and not one family member can do anything about it.

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+ Is it just? No, but then the Justice System has a horrendous history of allowing lynchings and rapes against blacks to go on in America without one arrest. So it is no wonder that it continues to be unjust in it's sentencing of blacks today.

Answer:It depends on which country you are in, in America there may be some evidence supporting this theory. In the United Kingdom the reverse is true, with white people regularly getting significantly longer sentances than black people for similar violent crimes.

The reason for this is not certain, but some believe it is down to the privileged upper class judges and there ideological views (white people should know better).