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"New York Tackles Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice Decisions," by Steven Yoder, The Imprint, November 14, 2024
"Cleveland Police Stop and Search Black Drivers at Higher Rates Despite DOJ Oversight," Mark Puente and Sarah Buduson, The Marshall Project/News 5 Cleveland, October 01, 2024
"Racial Disparities in Colorado’s Voting Bans Highlighted in New Report," The Sentencing Project, August 06, 2024
"Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color," By Sandhya Dirks, NPR, August 03, 2022
"States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why," by Chiara Eisner, NPR, April 18, 2024
"AP investigation reveals Black people bear disproportionate impact of police force," by Mike Catalini, Mitch Weiss, Aaron Morrison, and Reese Dunklin, Associated Press, March 29, 2024
"Categorical clemency is needed to address systemic racism and injustice," by Cynthia Roseberry, the Grio, February 15, 2024
"Struck from a jury for being Black? It still happens all too often.," by Stephen Bright, Washington Post, February 14, 2024
"California criminal justice system moving slowly to confront biases, discrimination," by Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service, February 02, 2024
"Race, Age, Gender: What the N.Y.P.D. Must Track During Stops, and Why," by Maria Cramer and Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, February 03, 2024
"Maryland’s top prosecutor, public defender to take on mass incarceration," by Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, October 26, 2023
"Racism and incarceration are unavoidably linked. We need a more developed sense of justice.," by Ricky L. Jones, Courier Journal, October 11, 2023
"One in Five: Ending Racial Inequity in Incarceration," by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, The Sentencing Project, October 11, 2023
"Wisconsin’s racial disparities among incarcerated people remain high," by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner, October 02, 2023
"Virginia traffic stop data show racial disparities," by Dave Ress, Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 02, 2023
