California Bill Could Soon Require Judges To Consider Race In Sentencing

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A California bill could soon require judges to consider one’s race when determining the length of their prison sentence.
According to Fox News, Bill 852 was first introduced in February by Reggie Jones-Sawyer, the Democratic chair of the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee.
The bill would add a section to the Penal Code of California, requiring courts to consider race in sentencing in an effort to “rectify the racial bias” in the criminal jus