... , sentencing discretion has shifted from judges to prosecutors. Assessing the influence of race and ethnicity on prosecutorial charging decisions is notoriously difficult. Prosecutorial charging is a "backstage" decision, largely invisible and not subject to judicial review. It is difficult for researchers to determine the extent to which prosecutors treat similar cases alike when they are not privy to the information ... ...

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... The question for Wilson is how can this be accomplished. He believes the answer to lie in the formation of a national multiracial coalition. The first half of the book addresses what the author perceives to be obstacles to the formation of these multiracial coalitions. He stresses the need for a new political strategy wherein the concerns of the American ... and, although biologically equal, environmentally disadvantaged to the point of being somehow incapable of fully exploiting that biological equality. Noted African-American social psychologist, Kenneth B. Clark, in his book Dark Ghett...

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