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Duke University Law Professor Brandon Garrett discusses a new study that shows racial bias in sentences of life without parole in NC

Duke University Law Professor Brandon Garrett discusses a new study that shows racial bias in sentences of life without parole in NC

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- 11/16/2020
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What explains the puzzle of life without parole (LWOP) sentencing in the United States? In the past two decades, LWOP sentences have reached record highs, with over 50,000 prisoners serving LWOP. Yet during this same period, homicide rates have steadily declined. To shed light on what might explain the sudden rise of LWOP, this report examines characteristics of the more than 1,627 cases in which LWOP was imposed from 1995 to 2017, in North Carolina, one of the states that imposes the largest numbers of these sentences.Read: Life Without Parole Sentencing in North Carolina

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