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March 16, 2010

Study: Black and Latinos Face Longer Prison Sentences
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A new government study has concluded black and Hispanic men are more
likely to receive longer prison sentences than their white counterparts
since the Supreme Court loosened federal sentencing rules. The report by
the US Sentencing Commission examined sentencing rates since the 2005 US
v. Booker. Black men have received sentences that were up at least ten
percent longer than those imposed on whites. Hispanic men received
sentences that were almost seven percent longer than white men’s.



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