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17 Jun 2009, 8:39 am
"Group urges legislators to pass race bill," is the title of a news article in today's Winston-Salem Journal written by Michael Hewlett.A group of pastors urged state legislators to pass a bill that would allow defendants to challenge the application of the death penalty by citing statistical racial disparities in the overall use of capital punishment. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:11 am
10 Mar 2008, 10:36 am
But one day before International Women’s Day, a United Nations committee expressed concern about “wide racial disparities” in sexual and reproductive health in the United States. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 2:15 pm
First, disparate impact analysis asks whether there is a disparity caused by a particular policy or practice. [read post]
30 Jul 2007, 6:00 am
Writing in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Ryan King of the Sentencing Project has this column that provides a New York spotlight on the problems of racial disparities in prison populations. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 9:16 am
A new Marshall Project analysis on last year’s homicide wave in major American cities highlights the striking racial disparity: more than 85 percent of the increase in murders occurred in black and Hispanic neighborhoods, where homicide rates were already higher than in white neighborhoods. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 10:00 pm
Sentencing Commission’s empirical staff’s criticisms of their recent article, which found, contrary to the Commission’s prior work, no evidence that racial disparity in sentences increased in response to United States v. [read post]
9 Jun 2022, 3:30 am
Racial equity seeks to address historical disparities and minimize or eliminate systemic racism. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 12:55 pm
Legislators, prosecutors and judges at both the state and federal level have created the glaring racial disparities seen in all areas of law enforcement, from arrest to sentencing. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 6:05 pm
If judicial adherence to the Guidelines reduces racial disparities, then racial disparities should be lower under a de novo review standard. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 9:00 am
Discrimination - On June 29, 2009, a divided Supreme Court ruled that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may engage in racially disparate treatment of employees to avoid a racially disparate impact... [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 7:34 am
I have an article out in The American Prospect about How to Start Closing the Racial Wealth Gap. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 6:53 am
26 Jun 2007, 8:28 am
Given this evidence, Congress should take four steps: (1) implement an immediate moratorium on federal executions and prosecutions; (2) fund a thorough study of the federal death penalty and its racial disparities; (3) enact a federal Racial Justice Act permitting capital defendants to use statistical evidenceas proof of racial bias; and (4) enact legislation requiring the Department of Justice to provide regularly information about implementation of the federal… [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 3:44 am
This Essay uses the tremendous racial disparities in the American crime [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 1:26 pm
Here are parts of the 30-page report's executive summary: The prevalence of substantial racial disparities in marijuana arrests is well... [read post]
5 Jul 2020, 8:23 pm
The New York Times – “…Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. [read post]
3 Nov 2020, 9:03 pm
Closing racial disparities would be a specific regulatory goal, with this new measurement informing how policy decisions affect racial equity. [read post]
30 Dec 2017, 3:49 pm
Seicshnaydre, Disparate Impact and the Limits of Local Discretion after Inclusive Communities, 24 George Mason L. [read post]
Judge Rakoff Orders Discovery On Defense Claim of Racially Selective Enforcement By “Reverse Stings”
14 Nov 2019, 2:10 pm
A “compelling expert analysis” demonstrated that the racially disparate impact was statistically significant and not random. [read post]
