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1. zemaj+mi[view] [source] 2010-07-24 04:04:19
>>gruseo+(OP)
I live in Australia and have been planning to migrate to the US in the near future. However this article has genuinely made me reconsider.

I knew there was an incarceration problem in the US, but I didn't realise it was this bad.

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2. rsheri+bo[view] [source] 2010-07-24 10:32:54
>>zemaj+mi
If you aren't a criminal, you're probably about as likely to be incarcerated in the US as you are to be eaten by a crocodile in Australia. If I were you about be more worried about American crime rates than incarceration rates.
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3. cromul+Co[view] [source] 2010-07-24 11:14:46
>>rsheri+bo
The chance of being eaten by a crocodile in Australia is about 1 in 20m in any given year (a lot less if you stay in the lower 2/3s of the country, essentially zero for > 95% of the population).

The article above indicates that many innocent people in the US are encouraged to plead guilty. I'm inclined to believe the opposite.

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