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Fair Courts: Racial Discrepancies in Sentencing and Representation
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin will host the last webinar in the Fair Courts series featuring a discussion on racial disparities in both sentencing as well as representation on the bench and in our law schools. Retired WPR host and League member Joy Cardin will moderate the panel discussion. Audience members will have a chance to ask questions at the end.
Why: Wisconsin has some of the most severe disparities in imprisonment rates between Black and white people. One of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison, according to the Sentencing Project. Additionally, Wisconsin’s state-level judiciary is one of the whitest in the whole country, according to the Gavel Gap Report. We will assess these two topics, look at the causes, impacts and potential solutions.
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