1. Criminal Justice and Injustice
For a variety of reasons, it is easier to make arrests in these neighborhoods as contrasted with, for example, suburban neighborhoods with mostly white populations. ... Minorities, specifically blacks, are charged with more serious crimes, have less opportunity to plea-bargain, are convicted more frequently, and receive harsher sentences when compared to whites in similar situations. ... A study by the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts found that the justice system gives little attention or resources to investigating crimes against minoritie...
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