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Mar. 5, 2025

Disciplinary consequences of a violation of California's Racial Justice Act

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Mark L. Tuft

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UC Hastings

Disciplinary consequences of a violation of California's Racial Justice Act

California's Racial Justice Act (Penal Code §745) prohibits the state from seeking or obtaining a criminal conviction or imposing a sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Conduct constituting a violation of the Act includes an attorney in the case exhibiting bias or animus towards the defendant because of the defendant's race, ethnicity, or national origin before, during or after the defendant's trial and sentencing, or using racially discriminatory langu...

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