> No conviction or charge 29,075 47%
I mean, I'm not exactly pro-ICE here, but if 53% of them have a conviction or charge, that does tell a different story. That's surprisingly high.
I mean, I'm not exactly pro-ICE here, but if 53% of them have a conviction or charge, that does tell a different story. That's surprisingly high.
The 26% you miscategorized are people with pending charges. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Yes, people who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is implying any of those charged people are guilty.
Fifty-three is a high percentage of any population to face criminal charges, innocent or guilty. That’s it.
What do you think is the delta between "charged" and "pending charge"?
You can make a vast majority of the population "pending charge" at some point if you take into consideration they were - at one point - marked "pending bench warrant" during the time between getting a traffic ticket and (A) paying it; or (B) fighting it.
Let's see how far we can skew the datasets, with enough motivation. And the "benefit of the doubt" that you'd reflexively give someone on not stretching the truth simply CANNOT be afforded to these people.
Re-read my comment. I never said they were.
This statement is incorrect. A "charge" means charged with a crime. You cannot make anyone "pending charge" if you issue them a bench warrant. Nor an arrest warrant.
Charging someone is a different procedure.