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December 05, 2004
Link to Sentencing Commission Report
For the full report-- http://www.ussc.gov/15_year/15year.htm
The United States Sentencing Commission issued a report last month suggesting that while Sentencing Guidelines have fulfilled the objective of providing uniformity in federal sentencing, disparities in sentencing when keyed to race have increased. In 1984 the average sentence given to both blacks and whites was 2 years. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines were instituted in 1987. By 2002, the study found that blacks were sentenced on average to 6 year terms, while whites received a 4 year sentence.
Posted by lois at December 5, 2004 06:18 PM