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“Pleas attorneys felt they could obtain with a minority client contained higher sentences than those they felt they could obtain with a Caucasian client and were significantly more likely to include some jail time. Reasons … were not due to increased perceptions of guilt."

Defense Attorney Plea Recommendations and Client Race: Does Zealous Representation Apply Equally to All? Defense Attorney Plea Recommendations and Client Race: Does Zealous Representation Apply Equally to All?
Defense Attorney Plea Recommendations and Client Race: Does Zealous Representation Apply Equally to All?
Law and Human Behavior
Edkins, Vanessa A.
Vol. 35 Issue 5, pp. 413–425, 2011
10.1007/s10979-010-9254-0
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