Most US prisoners are for drug crimes.
I heard on the radio that there is a racial issue in this problem too.
But I do not know exact statistics about the reasons why people are in prisons. And it was not my point.
What I wanted to say is that by pure political reasons some figures are given much more importance than the others.
For instance, 136 people died while crossing Berlin Wall, we all know it. And I regret it, certainly. Even one was one too many.
But hundreds of people die each year on the Mexican-US border. And nobody even know about it. And does not want to know. I regret it too. And I hope that it will change.
But again it was not my point. I am talking about political influence on historical science.