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New study disputes link between race and crime in US justice
A 118 page report for the American Jewish Committee led by Marvin E. Wolfgang and Bernard Cohen argues the US criminal justice system is biased against African Americans, with blacks more often arrested and harsher punished, while denying genetic crime differences. It cites court disparities and stresses fear of black crime is disproportionate to actual crime rates.
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