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Tag: criminal justice

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Posted inNational

Prosecutor Bias Not Necessarily Major Factor in Criminal Justice Inequities: Study

by WI Guest Author February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

A new study from the University of Arizona turns conventional wisdom on its head surrounding disproportionately Black prison populations in most states and prosecutors’ bias pursuing cases against Black defendants.

Photo by Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer
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