BAME offenders 'far more likely than others' to be jailed for drug offences
Black and minority ethnic offenders are far more likely to be sent to prison for drug offences than other defendants, according to groundbreaking research commissioned by the Sentencing Council.
The stark disparity in courtroom outcomes is exposed by the official body that advises judges as it prepares to update guidelines for dealing with drug offenders in England and Wales. The investigation reinforces concerns raised by the review conducted by the Labour MP David Lammy on behalf of the Ministry of Justice in 2017 that found that BAME individuals face bias in court. The Sentencing Council’s research concentrated on associations between an offender’s sex and ethnicity and the type and length of sentence they received in three supply-related drug crimes. It drew on statistics from crown court records between 2012 and 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...search-reveals |
There are disparities between many groups men/ women, black/ white, privileged/ underprivileged, white collar/ blue collar the whole system is flawed.
Seeing examples like this exposes it, our justice system is better than some but needs improvement. |
Bias in court.
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Where is Oliver to argue we are all equal?
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Is this a similar thing to the "wage gap" where
Smoking weed while walking down the street is a drug crime, as is pushing class A drugs onto kids. Both drug crimes, both deserve different responses. |
And you're saying all white drug offences are guilty of smoking weed and the BAME ones are pushing A class drugs onto kids.
Yeah, definitely not racist. |
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A lot of sentencing is judged upon ones personal circumstances..like jobs, home life etc..most of these kids being sentenced would have had a social visit...so perhaps that's where the blame lies...social sevices.
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Not the topic of the thread but he brought up one inequality to justify another. Please read the thread if you're going to join a discussion. :) |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37198653 The tl;dr is that the difference in pay is caused by different jobs and working hours, and that they pay disappears for women if you don't count part time workers. |
As for the apparent disparity in sentencing, I think juries should be better allocated. I don't necessarily mean black defendents should have an all black jury, but they certainly shouldn't have an all white one.
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"It's not just about discrimination"
Oliver: Discrimination doesn't exist, guys! |
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So, no you can't safely assume it's equal because it's not. |
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