A study of federal criminal cases found that when federal prosecutors request a sentence lower than stipulated minimum for those they seemed “salvageable” and “sympathetic” they were likely to request lower sentences for blacks and Hispanic males than for white males.
a. Less
b. Twice as
c. More
d. Three times as
a. Less
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