CJ 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Institutionalized Discrimination, Immigration Enforcement, Sentencing Project
23 Feb 2017
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Aa"s account for about 40% of the arrests for violent crimes. This far surpasses their numbers in the population. Admission of guilt in order to get less penalty. Trial by jury has become so rare in modern american criminal jurisprudence that the chance of being convicted at trial is little more than one in one hundred. 1980"s cornell law professor reviewed a dozen mock-jury students. All white jury = tended to find a white defendant less blameworthy of the crime that was committed if the victim was black (vice versa) Mixed race = blameworthy seemed to disappear. Found that convicted minorities were more likely than whites to go to prison. Suggests that po"s, judges, and parole boards may be exercising some practices that lead to discrimination. Unintended racism can occur at many points in the legal process. Po"s prepare reports and judges make sentencing decisions.
