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Racially biased justice still infects American courtrooms

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They cut down the "white tree" at Jena High School last month -- about a year too late. On Thursday, a mass civil rights march will take place in Jena, La., demanding justice for the Jena Six -- the six young men unjustly charged with felonies, jailed on prohibitive bonds and facing years in prison. As we march for the Jena Six, we will protest a racially biased U.S. criminal justice system that is creating explosive conditions across this country. Jesse Jackson

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It infects courtrooms over here too, alas.

Colleagues of mine have just published some research on this. If only I could find a link...

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Reply#1 - Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:01 PM EDT
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