Introduction: Courts, Trials and Juries

There are racial disparities and discrimination that occur throughout the United States criminal justice system. These disparities and discrimination have been occurring since the start of slavery and still continue, even today. The Country has thinks that we have moved forward and that every person here is treated equally by the law, and the criminal justice system. But looking at statistics minority people represent minor percents of our population, but greater percents in our criminal justice system and prison populations. This Blog is here to help students, citizens, and anyone else understand how the courts, juries, and trials operate in this Country. The main focus of the blog to to highlight the racial disparities and discrimination that occur throughout the court and trial process. Blacks and other minorities are more likely to be convicted of crimes and get longer sentences than Whites who do the same type of crimes. The likelihood of Blacks and other minorities going to prison and having longer sentences in dependent of the courts, juries and trials that are in place to figure out if a people has committed the crime they are accused of or not. In the next few Blog posts, I'll discuss the different aspects of the courts, juries and trials that may be discriminatory to minorities. 

Chart found at: http://www.project.org/info.php?recordID=174