Race in Sentencing

Study Reveals Shocking Connection Between Race And Capital Punishment In Texas

www.chron.com | Posted 11.15.2011

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The connection between race and capital punishment has been a hot topic this year, and it's likely to remain one after a new study found a shocking pa...

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Sentencing While Black

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race in Sentencing, Scott Sisters, Role of Race in Punishment, Gladys and Jamie Scott, Scott Sisters Pardon, Jamie Scott, Gladys Scott, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

We do not know whether or not race played a part in the disproportionate sentences imposed upon the Scott sisters, and that such suspicion may be unwarranted and unfair... but so were the sentences.

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