... racially and ethnically disparate sentencing outcomes for research policy. The potential for racial bias to influence sentencing and imprisonment threatens core principles of fairness and equality under the law, as a result, researchers, policy makers and legal advocates have devoted significant attention to questions about what role race plays in the sentencing process and to policies ... in sentencing outcomes and increase the transparency and legitimacy of sentencing processes. This movement was part of a broader shift toward formalism and rationalization in American criminal law. In ...

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