A few graphs to illustrate how well the American justice system works (cough cough)

 

https://www.wfmz.com/entertainment/coffee-break/state-spending-analysis-which-states-spend-the-most-on-policing-and-corrections/collection_b5e885a0-696f-5550-9f97-24e3a7f5b98e.html#1

Mississippi has an incarceration rate of 1,031 per 100,000 people​

Oklahoma has an incarceration rate of 993 per 100,000 people
Georgia has an incarceration rate of 968 per 100,000 people
Arkansas has an incarceration rate of 942 per 100,000 people
Kentucky has an incarceration rate of 930 per 100,000 people

Arizona has an incarceration rate of 868 per 100,000 people
Wyoming has an incarceration rate of 850 per 100,000 people
Texas has an incarceration rate of 840 per 100,000 people
Tennessee has an incarceration rate of 838 per 100,000 people
South Dakota has an incarceration rate of 824 per 100,000 people

Connecticut has an incarceration rate of 394 per 100,000 people
New York has an incarceration rate of 376 per 100,000
New Jersey has an incarceration rate of 341 per 100,000 people
New Hampshire has an incarceration rate of 328 per 100,000 people
Maine has an incarceration rate of 328 per 100,000 people
Rhode Island has an incarceration rate of 289 per 100,000 people
Vermont has an incarceration rate of 288 per 100,000 people
Massachusetts has an incarceration rate of 275 per 100,000 people

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem

So, here is the million dollar question:

 

Republicans like to talk tough on crime — but they're the ones with a real crime problem

Crime is much worse in "red states" — and that's been true for years. Why don't Democrats ever just say it?

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/15/like-to-talk-tough-on--but-theyre-the-ones-with-a-real-problem/