Lots of people in the U.S. are behind bars:Some startling statistics (and stories) in
this Economist article.
Of interest, this:
Making a false statement to a federal official is an offence. So is lying to someone who then repeats your lie to a federal official.
That would seem to imply that all lying is effectively illegal since
any lie could be repeated to a federal official. When did this become part of the law?
Also, looking at the numbers, 1% of the
adult population is behind bars. One percent! That's got to be a drag on the economy.
posted by Quiddity at 7/28/2010 11:39:00 AM
And they aren't figured into unemployment figures, I'll wager. Meaning it's 1% higher if you count people in prison.
have you seen this? jan brewer stands to profit from throwing a bunch of brown people in jail.
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