From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 04:22:34 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> --- Damien Broderick
> <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
>
>>56,000 is 3.3% of those in jail, if my fingers are
>>reliable.
>>
>
> Someone said that there are 56,000 murderers in
> California jails alone. I'm not sure what the actual
> numbers are, but I don't consider the population of a
> medium sized city small change.
>
>
Ah, so now supposed data you presented in the context of a
discussion about US (entire country) prison population and
characteristics is for California only suddenly, but the data is
actually only hearsay. I see.
- samantha
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