Racial Disparity

Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs - Human Rights Watch, 2000. This report by HRW contains data from all 50 states and gives a comprehensive overview of racial disparity in sentencing as a result of the war on drugs.

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The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration. The Sentencing Project website contains information on racial disparity in sentencing, as well as felony disenfranchisement.

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Racially Disproportionate Outcomes in Processing Drug Cases - By Eric E. Sterling. An analysis of how the American criminal justice system processes drug cases establishes a prima facie case of racial discrimination in the processing of such cases. April 2001.

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"No" on John Walters - Press Release. November 16, 2001.

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Sentencing is Perverse in the War on Drugs By Eric E. Sterling. This op-ed appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, April 30, 2000.