Racial Disparity in Sentencing

The history of racial differences in the criminal justice system of the United States has existed for a long time. Ethnic dynamics in judgment change over time, reflecting the shift from clear racial discrimination to more subtle signs and outcomes.

In this publication, the "judgment project" reviews the research literature on the racial differences of the judgment of the past 20 years and summarizes the findings in 6 problem areas.

There is evidence of direct racial discrimination (as a result of judgment on the minority suspect).

At the federal level, it is highly likely that blacks suffer disadvantages with respect to imprisonment, and Latin Americans are more likely to suffer disadvantage in deciding imprisonment.

At the state level, Latin America and the Negro are more likely to suffer disadvantages in determining whether to imprison than judgment decisions.

Young black men and Latino men are often sentenced to severer than white men of equivalent status.

Thanks to the "considerable help" provided to the prosecution, the white man's text has become shorter than those of black and Latino.

Blacks and Latino Americans with a more serious criminal record are often sentenced to serious penalties than Caucases of equivalent status.

Caucasians are more likely to hire private lawyers than Latin Americans and blacks, so a lighter fine will be imposed

White's defendants were more severely sentenced than blacks who were suffering other black people (especially acquaintances) or whites of white.

For low-level offenses such as drug offenses and property crimes, Hispanics and blacks are often more strictly declared than Caucasians.

However, Hispanics and blacks who were convicted of high drugs were also sentenced severely than white whites.

In the vast majority of lawsuits, the race of the victim often affects the results of the sentence, and cases of white victims often lead to the death penalty.

However, in some jurisdictions, especially in federalism, the defendant race also affects the outcome of the judgment, and a small number of defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death than white defendants.

The text of JLWOP also reveals the reality of racial differences in judgment. The ruling project stated, "Racial discrimination bothered by the decision of JLWOP, 23.2% of the boys suspected of killing white people, but 43.4% of JLWOP's opposition disagreed." African-American crime "If you are accused of a crime of crime, African-American young people receive unreasonable compensation." JLWOP's verdict

Under the racial discrimination of the ruling of the United States, undertake the task of observing and reporting this issue in the United States and recommend that the US government revise the judgment law to prevent discriminatory effects. I. Racial Differences in the US Decision In the Federal system, nearly 20% penalty will be imposed on white males convicted of similar crimes as black males. Blacks and Latin criminals sentenced in state courts and federal courts are much more likely to be in some jurisdictions and federal defendants of black males are more likely to be in the same crime and same criminal history than Caucasians Is also tall. The period of study 4 also shows that the race is important in determining the role of the murder case leading to the death penalty.

Recent research suggests that tracking the racial differences of judgments is starting to influence the management of the death penalty. In April 1998, Kentucky Province became the first state to allow the accused to appeal to the death penalty based on racial differences in the judgment. "According to the Kentucky State Racial Discrimination Court Act, Dieter of the Death Pen- sion Information Center, who was sentenced to death in his case, no longer has to prove intentional racial discrimination, but simply introduces evidence It can prove by doing. " Racial prejudice of minorities and differences in death sentence judgment. "