Attorney General Eric Holder recently came out against a practice called data-driven sentencing, saying that it results in racial disparities. States are increasingly using data-driven sentencing - a model that tries to predict the chances of a criminal reoffending - to determine the length of sentencing. But does data-driven sentencing come down harder on poor minorities than other offenders?
Data-driven Sentencing
Credits
Guest:
Adam Gelb - Pew Center -
@abgelb
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Andrew Walsh,
Christian Bordal,
Matt Holzman,
Jolie Myers,
Anna Scott