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Race on trial
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Does the American justice system treat people differently based on their race? In this ABC News program, correspondent Michel Martin reports on the startlingly disparate outcomes of two almost-iden...
Does the American justice system treat people differently based on their race? In this ABC News program, correspondent Michel Martin reports on the startlingly disparate outcomes of two almost-identical drug-related cases tried one after another in a Boston court. In one case, the judge sentenced an African-American defendant with no prior record to prison time on the insistence of the prosecution. In the other case, the prosecution asked for a sentence of drug rehabilitation as opposed to prison time for a white defendant with prior convictions. This provocative program offers a timely assessment of an unfortunately recurring problem in American courtrooms.
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- Creator
- ABC News Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (23 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736554480
- OCLC
- ocn707972345
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Nov. 15, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Judge Questions Equal Justice (4:00) -- Black Lawyers and Defendants Do Not Always Receive Equal Justice (3:59) -- District Attorney Charged With Racism (2:01) -- Racial Disparity in the Courtroom (4:17) -- Racial Trends in Drug Arrests and Convictions (5:08)