Monday, April 28, 2008

Racial Impact of Sentencing Laws

After a study found that Iowa's prisons had the highest racial disparities in the country, the legislature passed a law saying that all new sentencing laws had to have a statement about racial and ethnic impact prior to passage. See Prof. Douglas Berman's post at Sentencing Law & Policy (April 18, 2008) (linking to other materials).

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