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Read News: The Sentencing Project Publishes Racial Disparity Manual for Practioners, Policymakers
The Sentencing Project has just published a new edition of “Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System,” a comprehensive manual for practitioners and policymakers...

Senator Biden proposes "Justice Integrity Act" to study federal criminal justice disparities
Perhaps because the bill he introduced last week has gotten no press coverage, I only recently learned about Senator Joe Biden's encouraging efforts to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the federal criminal justice system...

Bill Aimed At Eradicating Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice System
A bill that would require the U.S. Attorney General to study racial and ethnic disparities in the judicial system is wending its way through Congress. In July, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del...

Death-penalty system loaded with racial bias
A bipartisan panel - the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice - is reviewing the evidence of racial, ethnic and geographic disparities and asking what should be done...

Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment of Youth
Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment By Robert E. Pierre Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 13, 2008; B02 The nation's juvenile justice system metes out harsher punishment to black and Latino youths, locks up thousands of...

Read News: Racial Fairness Gaining Ground in the Justice System
Commenting on the recent introduction of the bipartisan Justice Integrity Act which addresses unwarranted racial disparity within the federal criminal justice system, The Sentencing Project’s Executive Director Marc Mauer points out in a Baltimore Sun commentary the state and federal momentum to address these issues...

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Criminal Law
If you have been arrested or mistreated by police you should speak to a criminal law attorney.

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Requip
alleging behavior urges users to gamble, shop, and eat compulsively.

Wal-Mart
Avoids Criminal Charges over Clerk's Death

Darvocet
FDA Expert Panel Votes for Ban

Insignia
26-Inch Flat-Panel LCD TVs Recalled