Blacks routinely get the worst of it in the judicial process, particularly when they are poor...The United States sentencing commission found that blacks get sentences 19% longer than whites do, for the same offense, even after controlling for criminal history and other variables. The darker an African-American's complexion, the longer the sentence, researchers found. Blacks are also more likely to be found guilty and be sentenced to death.
-Nicholas D. Kristof
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