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Re:How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? by darawk on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:03PM (#34119309)
> I guess it's a question of personal interpretation - but to me those two numbers aren't different enough to quibble over.

Which two numbers? The only number I quoted is 20%, and that's for all drug inmates, not just possession. We don't have the numbers for possession, but they're surely much, much lower.

Re:How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? by emn13 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:18PM (#34120700)
I meant the numbers you quoted. The site you link to does have some numbers on pretrial detention, and by the looks of it drug-related offenses there too are a minority of those jailed, but a sizable one. They're careful to list various caveats, so let's not overinterpret the numbers; there may be overlap or overcounting; and if you're trying to discern possession vs. other drug related offenses surely that's yet another wrinkle which a cursory skim doesn't answer anyhow.