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Latina/o/s and sentencing disparities  

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  • There is lingering debate as to whether or not the disproportionate sentencing of non-White convicted criminals to incarceration and for longer periods of time is due to legal or extralegal variables. Some investigators assert that much of the racial/ethnic disparity in criminal sentencing is accounted for by legal factors such as prior record, type and seriousness of offense, bail/bond amount, public defender versus private attorney, and so on. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Sentencing Disparities, Latina/o/s]

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