Same-race judicial assignment can worsen outcomes for juvenile defendants

Evidence

Depew, Eren, and Mocan (2017) analyzed the decisions of juvenile court judges in Louisiana and found negative in-group bias. If juvenile defendants were assigned to a judge of his/her own race, they were more likely to be placed on custody and received longer sentences. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 764