We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24438433.

It is the absolute truth. If you want to deny that a young white woman is treated differently then say, a middle age black man, you are not being honest. If in 2020 we are talking about the legal system the most important question is the race and gender of the defendant.

The most important question is the size of the defendants bank account.

Do you really think that justice is blind?

> (CNN)Widespread outrage has erupted over a California judge's decision to give a former Stanford University swimmer a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Critics are blasting the decision as far too lenient.

> Prosecutors had asked that Brock Turner be sentenced to six years in prison for the January 2015 assault.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turne...

So let me get this right, you take one bad decision as an example to make a blanket statement?

> Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program found that Black incarcerees received more severe charges, harsher sentences and less favorable outcomes than their white counterparts. They looked at more than a million cases, from the initial charges through the conviction and sentencing, and discovered disparities that could not be explained by logic or reason.

https://www.theroot.com/a-judge-asked-harvard-to-find-out-wh...

now that's a better argument to make.

It's a famous example off the top of my head. The person I was replying to did not deserve anything more since they made such a ridiculous assertion to begin with.