Prosecutor race predicts more punitive marijuana sentence offers

Evidence

In Manhattan, prosecutors’ caseload, gender, and race did not influence discretionary points, except when predicting custodial sentence offers in misdemeanor marijuana cases where Asian and Black prosecutors made more punitive offers, as compared to White prosecutors (Kutateladze & Andiloro, 2014). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 624

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 624