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“More than half of the black-white sentence disparity that is unexplained by the arrest offense and offenders' prior traits can be explained by…prosecutors' decision to file charges that carry ‘mandatory minimum’ sentences…65 percent more often against black defendants."

Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Sentences

Journal of Political Economy

Rehavi, M. Marit / Starr, Sonja B.

Vol. 122 Issue 6, pp. 1320–1354, 2014

10.1086/677255

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