A Report to the U.N. Reveals Deep Racial Disparities in America's Criminal Justice System

According to a new report issued by the judgment project to the United Nations, there are major ethnic differences in all aspects of the US criminal justice system. The report found discrimination against color people in the country's judicial system, before the trial, judgment, after parole and outside the prison.

The informal Criminal Justice Reform Judgment Plan sent a report to the UN Racism Discrimination Agency E. Tendayi Achiume.

There are 2 million imprisoned people in the United States - more people than any other country. In 2016, African Americans accounted for 27% of the total population of the United States, accounting for twice the population.

The report has attributed these statistics to 'the disproportionate proportion of African Americans and police contacting drugs in particular. More than a quarter of the people arrested for violating drugs in 2015 were African Americans, but the drug usage rate is "there is no big difference between race or ethnic group," he said.

The judgment project recommends taking action now to help offset the current situation of the criminal justice system in the United States.

As the research shown in this report shows, the cause of racism in the US criminal justice system is complex and persistent. As the research has repeatedly shown, the cumulative impact of racial differences is reflected in the criminal justice system across the country. Believing that the present system has not been influenced by the past obvious racist for centuries, this is a wishful thinking, an implicit, connected to the American consciousness and incorporated into that form It may make the decision maker against racial discrimination blind. By policy

This report documented the racial differences at various stages of the US criminal justice system, from arrest to trial and post-judgment prison. In particular, this report emphasizes the race contradictions in the criminal justice system and the results of studies addressing its fundamental causes. The report concludes recommendations on how federal, state and local governments in the United States are working to eliminate racial differences in the criminal justice system and to fulfill the duties under the treaty.

According to a new report issued by the judgment project to the United Nations, there are major ethnic differences in all aspects of the US criminal justice system. The report found discrimination in police, pretrial, verdict, post parole and out of jail in the national judicial system for color people. The report has attributed these statistics to 'the disproportionate proportion of African Americans and police contacting drugs in particular. More than a quarter of the people arrested for violating drugs in 2015 were African Americans, but the drug usage rate is "there is no big difference between race or ethnic group," he said.