So Ive Heard It Said Several Times That Often Blacks Are Given Harsher Sentences for Crime Than Whites & That?

Published May 19, 2013

Question by Anti-Federalist: so ive heard it said several times that often blacks are given harsher sentences for crime than whites & that?
there are “studies” supporting this claim. can anyone provide a link or cite a source for said claims? i would like to see if the source is credible.

Best answer:

Answer by You lose
It’s BS just like back in Vietnam race hustlers claimed more nonwhites were front line soldiers. All BS to make them a buck off gulliable folks.

Answer by neet
Here are a few:

http://www.publiceye.org/defendingjustice/pdfs/factsheets/10-Fact%20Sheet%20-%20System%20as%20Racist.pdf
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c97ba82fe0ccca3aca560aa195b6260a
http://www.prisonactivist.org/archive/factsheets/racism.pdf

edit – Here is an exert from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

“Eighty percent of defendants sentenced in the federal system for crack cocaine are black, and their sentences are approximately 40 percent longer than those for cocaine powder. This is true even though two-thirds of crack defendants are low-level street dealers. Also troubling is the fact that the average sentence for crack cocaine is far longer than the average sentences for violent crimes such as robbery and sexual abuse.”

http://www.nacdl.org/search.aspx?term=crack%20penalties

http://academic.udayton.edu/race/03justice/98henry.htm

Here’s one more:

” A 2005 study by the Justice Department found that while Hispanic, black and white drivers were stopped by the police about as often, Hispanic drivers or their vehicles were searched 11.4 percent of the time and blacks 10.2 percent of the time, compared with 3.5 percent for white drivers. Data collected from state courts by the Justice Department also shows that a higher percentage of black felons than white felons receive prison sentences for nearly all offenses, and also that blacks receive longer maximum sentences for most offenses.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/weekinreview/07glater.html

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