... undergone numerous periods of reform. Yet, racial disparities in sentencing outcomes and incarceration rates continue to give rise to serious questions about how and through what processes race continues to affect sentencing outcomes. In this essay, we will review the scholarly research on race and sentencing, and discuss a number of important sentencing reforms that have taken place in the U.S. ... evidentiary strength, willingness of victims or witnesses to testify, or the credibility of witnesses, all of which are legally relevant factors about which prosecutors must make judgments wh...

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