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melman

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6. Of course he should

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:26 PM

Jun 2016

But he says that Brock's case is 'all the more infuriating', because 'One man will spend the entire prime of his life in prison for his crime — the other will be out of jail before the summer heat disappears.'

Only one of those things is infuriating, and it's not that Batey is losing the 'prime of his life'

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A tale of two college athlete rapists, one white, the other black [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

Ah, but justice is blind. MH1 Jun 2016 #1

Sorry melman Jun 2016 #2

You didn't read the article. Your response is absurd in the light of that fact. cali Jun 2016 #4

These days I just say LCN malaise Jun 2016 #8

Wait...what? Lucky Luciano Jun 2016 #5

Of course he should melman Jun 2016 #6

Yeap, our "justice" system is overtly and openly racist to those who see just the stats on jail time uponit7771 Jun 2016 #3

kick Liberal_in_LA Jun 2016 #7