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shjake on May 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thef...

What proportion of them are in prison for possession of small/personal amounts?

And is imprisoning people who are smuggling/distributing hard and potentially very dangerous drugs really that controversial?

dotancohen on May 13, 2023 [–]

I have no idea, I don't live there. I'm responding to the assertion that 1/5 is not significant.

kooshball on May 20, 2023 | [–]

no one asserted 1/5 is not significant. you misread this.

i was just stating the fact that the initial number posted was wrong/incomplete.

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