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: 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. Hiring People With Criminal Records
Having a criminal record hurts a person’s ability to get a job ― but it hurts black men worse. In fact, white men with a criminal record have a better chance of getting a positive response in a job search than black men without a criminal record. This has been confirmed by a study of 6,000 applications in Arizona and an earlier study in Milwaukee and New York City. 18. Eliminating the Right to Vote
The impact of this is devastating.