Equal Future | Pennsylvania will vary jail terms for the same crime, based on where you live.

data_society's bookmarks 2015-09-17

Summary:

But discussions of accuracy and transparency too often skip past questions of fairness. Considering an offender’s geography in setting sentence length is a recipe for punishing black and brown offenders more heavily when they commit the same crimes, relative to whites.

Link:

https://www.equalfuture.us/2015/09/16/pennsylvania-will-vary-jail-terms-for-the-same-crime-based-on-where-you-live/

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dsreads sentencing risk assessment algorithms criminal justice fairness

Date tagged:

09/17/2015, 12:44

Date published:

09/17/2015, 08:44