POLB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The New Jim Crow, Baldus De Ubaldis, Equal Protection Clause
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Michelle alexander, the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness (michelle alexander is a law professor. She teaches criminal law at ohio state university) In seven us states, african americans are 80-90% of the drug offenders sent to prison. In 15 states, blacks are sent to jail for drug charges at 20-57 times the rate of whites. Whites use heroine, crack, and cocaine at higher rates than blacks and marijuana at the same rate. White youths 12-17 are more likely to have sold drugs. Someone calls the opp and say this happened to me can you help me. This is not however the case with drug crimes. Both the buyer and seller consent to the exchange. That means that there is no complainant who is generating this investigation and that means that there is a great deal of discretion on the part of police about who to prosecute.
