Sentences with phrase «widespread racial bias»

They said that the trial judge erred in not asking the Crown to address the relevance of referring to her as a prostitute, did not provide instructions to the jury to address the «widespread racial bias» invoked by referring to her as they did and «wrongly said a factor important to consent was that Gladue was a prostitute,» wrote the Court of Appeal judges in their decision.

Governor Cuomo must use his executive power to create a diverse, non-partisan Blue Ribbon Commission to investigate the widespread racial bias throughout New York State's criminal justice system.

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Oppose the death penalty citing racial bias, failure to deter crime, widespread errors, and humanitarian objections.