In his speech, Holder expressed concern about racial disparities - TopicsExpress



          

In his speech, Holder expressed concern about racial disparities in sentencing and treatment of prisoners.... But in 2010, there were more than 75,000 people in federal custody that had been given mandatory sentences...a ProPublica investigation found that whites were four times as likely to receive pardons as minorities.... For now, Holder’s initiative has little to offer prisoners already behind bars.... Following our story, the Justice Department commissioned a study on racial disparities in pardons...
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:55:42 +0000

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