Race on trial
Description
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.
Runtime
23 min
Subjects
- Courts (309)
- Racism (548)
- Race discrimination (130)
- Criminal justice, Administration of (164)
- African Americans (1140)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
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