Does It Matter That 95 Percent Of Elected Prosecutors Are White?

Does It Matter That 95 Percent Of Elected Prosecutors Are White?

By Amita Kelly

“The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men,” said an author of the report.

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