... cocaine (Mauer and King, 2007a). Understanding why, how, and under what contexts defendant race affects sentencing decisions is crucial to addressing such disparate outcomes. Since the early 20th century, scholars have grappled with questions about the existence of racially discriminatory case processing practices and the potential for differential criminal sentences being imposed on racial and ... and Mckenzie conducted a formal meta-analysis of 85 different studies on race and sentencing. They concluded, after taking into account legally relevant variables such as defendant criminal h...

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