Congressional Quarterly, October 29, 2009 by Robert C. Scott
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I would say that the very legitimacy of the justice system is at stake. And the effectiveness of our law enforcement system is certainly at stake if we cannot make progress on this issue of enormous racial disparity in the system…. The entire contribution to the very high rate of incarceration of the U.S.—highest in the world—is because of the incarceration of people of color.