Criminal,
Civil Rights
Aug. 24, 2004
Mistreatment of Minorities in L.A. Extends to Courtroom Proceedings
Sensational reports of minority beatings by police aside, African-Americans in Los Angeles have more reason to fear the county's courts than the Los Angeles Police Department.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender, Kern County Public Defender's Office
Sensational reports of minority beatings by police aside, African-Americans in Los Angeles have more reason to fear the county's courts than the Los Angeles Police Department.
Far from the spotlight of the nightly news, four times as many blacks as whites in Los Angeles have been sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison under the three-strikes law, despite their comprising less than 10 percent of the county's population.
In raw numbers, Los Angeles county courts have ...
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