fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California's rarely used Racial Justice Act
The law allows convicted defendants to challenge the length of their prison terms if they can demonstrate racial disparities or discriminatory practices in the California jurisdiction where their case was prosecuted. But five years after its passage, the law has hardly been used, according to an analysis of newly obtained sentencing data by the Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project and NAACP's Legal Defense Fund.
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