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Commentary and Coverage of Sentencing Project Report

By Steve Hall

The Sentencing Project report, "No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences In America,"was issued earlier this week, and noted here.Today's Philadelphia Inquirer carries the editorial, "Inequality under law."  Here's an excerpt:The arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for breaking into his own house draws attention to the disparate treatment of black people in the criminal-justice system. Gates' arrest may have been more a misunderstanding due to hot tempers than racism. The local police dropped the charges, but not before the acclaimed teacher underwent the indignity of being booked. Gates aside, there is plenty of evidence that shows that the law deals more harshly with black defendants...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).