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Maija (SPW Arc) (maija@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 22:37:42 JST Maija (SPW Arc)
@Deplorable_Degenerate @amerika @dcc @thegreatape @gnarley_boot @andreas that sounds like an exaggeration however we're both being anecdotal here so lets pull up some data shall we
https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/2023-demographic-differences-federal-sentencing
>Sentencing differences continued to exist across demographic groups when examining all sentences imposed during the five-year study period (fiscal years 2017-2021). These disparities were observed across demographic groups—both among males and females.
>Specifically, Black males received sentences 13.4 percent longer, and Hispanic males received sentences 11.2 percent longer, than White males (depicted below).
See image 1, length
>The sentencing differences in the data the Commission examined largely can be attributed to the initial decision of whether the sentence should include incarceration at all rather than to the length of the prison term once a decision to impose one has been made. In particular, the likelihood of receiving a probationary sentence varied substantially by gender and race.
> Black males were 23.4 percent less likely, and Hispanic males were 26.6 percent less likely, to receive a probationary sentence compared to White males (depicted below).
See image 2, changes of probation
> The sentencing differences were less pronounced when the analyses focused solely on cases in which a sentence of imprisonment was imposed, which comprise 94 percent of all cases sentenced during the five-year study period.
> Focusing solely on these cases, Black males received lengths of incarceration 4.7 percent longer, and Hispanic male received lengths of incarceration 1.9 percent longer, than White males.
> Differences in the length of imprisonment across demographic groups were concentrated among individuals who received relatively short sentences.
> Among individuals sentenced to 18 months or less incarceration, Black males received lengths of incarceration 6.8 percent longer than White males. The difference narrowed to 1.3 percent for individuals who received sentences of greater than 18 months to 60 months; but for sentences longer than 60 months, Black males received lengths of incarceration approximately one percent shorter than White males.