Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Biologically, the term “race” has a very clear, specific meaning.
2. The institution of slavery reinforced the idea that there were superior and inferior races.
3. Disparity in sentencing over the past couple of decades has been highlighted by differing sentences for possessing equal amounts of crack cocaine versus powder cocaine.
4. The essence of hate crimes is that they are motivated by bias against the victim’s race, ethnicity, religion, etc.
5. Prosecutors and defense lawyers are able to use peremptory challenges to excuse potential jurors without identifying any cause or explanation and without any accountability to the court, so it is therefore possible to employ peremptory challenges in the practice of racial discrimination in jury selection.


1.false
2.true
3.true
4.true
5.true

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