It was entirely likely that young man had brushes with the law and possibly ended up in prison, as a look at incarceration rates for 18- to 25-year-old African American males in the 70s and 80s will confirm.

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In this case, a young man, likely filled with rage, acted out in a way that is beyond human understanding.

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And since a young man is more likely to suffer from performance anxiety if he's under pressure, this insistence on sex is doubly powerful.

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Third, Cam Newton is a young man and more than likely has a bright future.

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If Karl Rove is right, a last-minute story in the 2000 election -- that George W. Bush had been arrested for drunk driving as a young man -- kept a few million likely Republican voters, mostly white evangelicals, away from the polls.

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