On: Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment

[grego]

Prisoners in the US serving lifetime without parole: 41000, prisoners in the UK serving lifetime without parole: 41

When imprisoning people so easily is the new normal, it is no wonder the public is not so alert about new laws.

[arjn → grego]

Did you take into account the population difference between the two countries ?

[GFischer → arjn]

Population of the United Kingdom: 61 million Population of the United States: 315 million

He's saying there's a thousand times as many lifetime inmates, but only 5 times the population. It's still a huge number.