Title: 18 Examples Of Racism In The Criminal Legal System | HuffPost
Headings: 18 Examples Of Racism In The Criminal Legal System
18 Examples Of Racism In The Criminal Legal System
1. Police Stops
2. Police Searches
3. Police Use of Force During Arrest
4. Juvenile Arrests
5. Arrests in the Transgender Community
6. Arrests for Drugs
7. Police Arrests for Marijuana
8. Pre-Trial Release
9. Prosecution Charges
10. Prison vs. Community Service
11. Length of Incarceration
12. State Drug Incarceration
13. Federal Drug Convictions
14. Federal Court Sentencing
15. Incarceration of Women
16. Sentencing to Life Without Parole
17. Hiring People With Criminal Records
18. Eliminating the Right to Vote
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Content: Federal Drug Convictions
More than half of all federal prisoners are there for drug offenses. The U.S. Sentencing Commission reported 25 percent of all federal drug convictions in 2014 were of African Americans and 47 percent were Hispanics versus 24 percent of whites. In federal prisons, 22 percent are white and 76 percent are African American or Hispanic. 14. Federal Court Sentencing
African American men were sentenced to 19 percent longer time periods in federal courts across the U.S. than white men convicted of similar crimes in a 4-year study conducted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. 15. Incarceration of Women
Black women are incarcerated at a rate nearly 3 times higher than white women. 16. Sentencing to Life Without Parole
Over 65 percent of prisoners serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses are black. 17.