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: 7. Police Arrests for Marijuana
While marijuana use is similar in black and white communities, blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana as whites. 8. Pre-Trial Release
The National Academy of Sciences found that blacks are more likely than whites to be incarcerated while awaiting trial. 9. Prosecution Charges
Federal prosecutors are almost twice as likely to file charges carrying mandatory minimum sentences for African Americans than whites accused of the same crimes, according to a study published by the University of Michigan Law School. 10. Prison vs. Community Service
The National Academy of Sciences stated that blacks are more likely than whites to received prison terms rather than community service. Black people are imprisoned at twice the rate of white people in the U.S., according to the US Department of Justice. 11.