Prosecutor race shapes plea offers only in some narrow case types

Evidence

6. 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