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1st Racial-Impact Law Seen as Having Modest Effect in Iowa

RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) โ€” After a 2007 report showed that Iowa had the nationโ€™s highest disparity for sending blacks to prison, state lawmakers took a novel step: They passed a law requiring analysts to draft โ€œracial-impact statementsโ€ on any proposals to create new crimes or tougher penalties. The governor […]

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