... racially discriminatory case processing practices and the potential for differential criminal sentences being imposed on racial and ethnic minorities. Early research on the role of race and ethnicity in criminal sentencing was more descriptive than theoretical. The methodologies involved in early studies were weak, and when theoretical explanations were offered, they often entailed ... determining the initial charges, and for plea negotiations, is vested in the prosecutor, sentencing discretion has shifted from judges to prosecutors. Assessing the influence of race and ethnicity on prose...

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