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Racial Justice Act  

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  • The Racial Justice Act was a proposed federal bill that sought to reform the operation of the death penalty. The act would have required prosecutors to explain apparent racial disparities in the imposition of death sentences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Racial Justice Act]

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