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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
16,692 murders in the U.S. in 2005. Out of a population of 295,560,549. That's less than a hundreth of a percent of the population.
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The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world at 737 persons imprisoned per 100,000 (as of 2005).[18] A report released Feb. 28, 2008 indicates that in the United States more than 1 in 100 adults is now confined in an American jail or prison.[9] The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.[6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons..._United_States
American prisoners, biased towards minorities, biased towards the poor, biased towards mostly religious Americans.
America is the country that is intolerant on drugs, intolerant and aggressive for even petty crimes (unusually long prison terms) and this is all in a overwhelmingly christian nation. Where did forgiveness and love for all mankind go to?