Sentences with phrase «black defendants more»

«Furthermore, although the average sentence lengths (conditional on case, defendant and judge attributes) do not differ by defendant race in the absence of a football effect, it appears that an upset LSU football game loss increases the disposition length (sentence severity) of black defendants more severely in comparison to white defendants.

Not exact matches

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

Other issues: COMPAS was twice as likely to flag black defendants as reoffenders, and it mislabeled as low risk white defendants who went on to commit additional crimes more often.

Among defendants who didn't go on to commit more crimes, blacks were flagged by COMPAS as future criminals more often than whites.

Study after study has shown that black defendants are more likely than white ones to receive the death penalty.

White defendants were mislabeled as low risk more often than black defendants.»

Interestingly, jurors from ethnic communities, including black and Asian jurors, were also shown to align more with the defendant when compared to those who identify as white British, suggesting a greater likelihood of a not guilty verdict.

That makes instances where, for example, they're used to determine recidivism rates — and black defendants are «falsely labeled future criminals at almost twice the rate of white defendants» with a 40 % chance of being wrong — more than a little unsettling.