More on the Police State

We've all grown weary of the old saw that America has 5% of the world's population but uses 25% of the world's energy.

But how about this: America has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners!

Lying cops. Fabricated evidence. Asinine drug laws. Unreliable witnesses. Blackmailing prosecutors. Mandatory sentences. Corrupt judges. Wrongful convictions.

A must read from Paul Craig Roberts via Lew Rockwell.