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Shri Thanedar: “People of color disproportionately get higher, longer…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Shri Thanedar on Let It Rip

Published | Video Starts at 05:34

Sentencing guidelines should be reformed too, because we judges put people in prison too much for too long, is that correct? Exactly. And then we also see, you know, People of color disproportionately get higher, longer sentences. You know, so the justice has to work in a fair way and the justice should be blind to, you know, color of the skin or ethnicity or, you know, whether your sexual preference. (05:34–05:41)

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Asserts that racial disparities exist in sentencing within the justice system.

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