Republican-Appointed Judges Give Black Defendants Longer Sentences, Study Finds

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

http://www.newsweek.com/republican-appointed-federal-judges-hand-longer-sentences-black-defendants-948138

Republican-appointed judges give longer sentences to black defendants and shorter ones to women than those appointed by Democrats, a new study conducted at Harvard reveals.

“Republican-appointed judges sentence black defendants to three more months than similar nonblacks and female defendants to two fewer months than similar males compared with Democratic-appointed judges,” the study found.

The research, conducted by professors Alma Cohen and Crystal Yang, analyzed data on more than 500,000 defendants. The authors note in their study that their results show a clear disparity in sentences, however, they do not analyze whether the sentences were warranted, or appropriate for the crime.

The report continued: “These differences cannot be explained by other judge characteristics and grow substantially larger when judges are granted more discretion.”

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1. Well I for one am very surprised.

No one could possibly have predicted this.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I know. I had to read it 3 times and I still can't believe it. nt

[Demovictory9]

5. your post made me laugh, but this sh*t has to stop

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. It's crazy. Also sickening to think of all those benches that will be infested with this right

wing shit for years to come.

[mythology]

4. Does it count if I'm surprised the discrepancy is that small?

I would have guessed it would be higher. I do wonder if the limited difference can be accounted for in sentencing guidelines.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I am not one little bit surprised. R's are supposed to be tough on crime. n/t

[uponit7771]

8. Looks like they're tougher on blacks or Hispanics

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Absolutely right--I should have mentioned those groups in my post. n/t

[Anon-C]

7. No doubt, none! Nt

[Gothmog]

10. Who is surprised by this?

[Snotcicles]

11. The last quote says all you need to know. nt

[CakeGrrl]

12. The ultimate goal of the "law and order" president

Another campaign dogwhistle to his base and a promise that McConnell is eager to help him keep.

Where McConnell did everything possible to stonewall President Obama's appointments, he will now do all he can to rush through every Trump nomination to this end.