Gort, about the U.S prisons issue. I think you should take a look at this documentary "Americas brutal prisons" from BBC´s Channel 4:
http://www.informationclearinghouse....rticle8451.htm It runs automatically in the media player and I bet it has never been shown on U.S television! It is the result of four months intense investigation in various of the closed state prison systems in the U.S. It was made by British journalist Deborah Davies and she wrote a article about it as well, which I think you should read (not that I expect you to!)
I didn't say that I was against death penalty did I? I think its okay for serial killers like Richard Kuklinski and Henry Lee Lucas etc.
The article I found about police brutality in the U.S also comes from the HRW site (I thought that was obvious!) The part you bolded says that abusive cops (those that have been discovered) usually don't continue to abuse citizens. Off course they don't, since they would be kicked out of the force next time. The real problem with the Law enforcement agencies in the U.S is quoted below from the same article.
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responsible authorities— including law enforcement supervisors, as well as local and federal government leadership—often fail to act decisively to restrain or penalize such acts
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The law enforcement supervisors in Europe and Canada don't cover up for corrupted and abusive officers, I just want you to know that!