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Because they have either committed a crime for which they have been convicted, or they have been unfairly charged and convicted of a crime they did not commit, AND black Americans typically receive much harsher sentences than members of other ethnic groups in America.

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Q: Why are nearly one out of four black males in the United States either in jail or on parole?
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