On April 23, 1998, two New Jersey state troopers pulled over a van that they say was traveling at 74 miles an hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone on the New Jersey Turnpike. ... Racial Profiling Isn't That Bad 5 If the troopers' version of the incident proves true, it is hard to see how racial profiling enters the picture. ... "The research we are releasing today," the PLNDP announced at its press conference, "shows, conclusively, that drug addiction is very treatable and that it reaches across all strata of society, with affluent, educated Caucasians being the most likely drug us...

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With controversial legislature pending in states all across the country, there are few people without an opinion. ... As of April 22, 2001, the population of the United States was 284,049,859. ... In comparison to other industrialized nations, the U.S. rate of incarceration is 5-8 times that of Canada and most of western Europe." ...

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