Do Blacks Get Tougher Punishments Than Whites? (Brown, crimes, biased)

[katygirl68]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Black female judges could play a role in this?

I once read a true crime book, and there was a black man in Michigan facing a court trial with a black female judge.

"Oh crap! Black female judges are the worst! Sure as shootin', she'll put me on Death Row!"

Female judges, in general, tend to pass out the stricter prison sentences, particularly if the crime involves violence!

That's why I never vote for any female running for a judgeship! Judge Judy? Never!

So are you wanting to commit violent crimes? Do you think people who commit violence against others should be let off with the minimum sentence?

[vicarjoe]

They commit more crime than whites, that is a statistical fact

[Propulser]

Originally Posted by Motion

Do Blacks get tougher punishments than whites even when they commit the same crimes and have similar records?

Another Rumor. I remember reading a comparison of sentences vs the actual act committed, and level of violence (as opposed to the criminal violation actually charged), and whites, by far, were more heavily punished. For examples, if a person assaulted a person of x number of years and did y amount of damage with a certain level of ferocity etc., (that objectified these factors), whites and asians received much stiffer penalties. Another factor that may make it appear there is a disparity is that white tend to commit crimes more on the non-white-collar end of the spectrum.

[~HecateWhisperCat~]

Possibly, but what the studies fail to show is that often Black defendants already have lengthy criminal records by the time they are punished.

[~HecateWhisperCat~]

Originally Posted by vicarjoe

They commit more crime than whites, that is a statistical fact

No, they commit more crimes per capita. White people commit the majority of crime though.

[Propulser]

Originally Posted by ~HecateWhisperCat~

No, they commit more crimes per capita. White people commit the majority of crime though.

Much more and much more violent, crimes per capita as documented by the FBI in its Uniform Crime Statistics.

[MIKEETC]

Originally Posted by Motion

Do Blacks get tougher punishments than whites even when they commit the same crimes and have similar records?

If they have dissimilar legal representation they do.

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[West of Encino]

Yes. The USA operates in a white supremacist justice system.

[HumpDay]

In our criminal justice system, yes. White people do more drugs and Blacks make up a majority of all the arrests which make up 19% of the population. The reason being is that black people are (for the most part especially in our major cities) ghettoized. Many police officers have implicit biases which makes them suspect any black man who has baggy pants and blasted rap music to have drugs. Police officers are just as ordinarily Americans who hold biases. Every single person holds implicit biases and they are subconscious thoughts were think we don't even have. Anyways, in our society many of these black kids who wear certain types of clothing are seen as thugs and will be targeted a lot more than white kids in affluent suburbs. In reality the rich suburban white kids will do more drugs than those black kids in major cities. In the future the white kids will be off the hook and have gotten lucky they weren't caught while a black man who has been caught, will have a tougher time finding a job with a record. Some kids who aren't able to get a job can't even get a job at McDonald's with a record! If you have no job and no cash then the only option is to do the same thing you did before which was getting back into drugs and sellin'.

[Motion]

Originally Posted by ~HecateWhisperCat~

Possibly, but what the studies fail to show is that often Black defendants already have lengthy criminal records by the time they are punished.

So Blacks and whites with the same criminal records will get similar punishments when they commit the same crimes?