In an unprecedented ruling for California, a Contra Costa County judge ruled that prosecutors have disproportionately charged Black defendants with sentencing enhancements that unfairly target them for life in prison without parole – at about a 40% greater likelihood than non-Black defendants.
called the California Racial Justice Act, which allows defendants to seek legal relief if racial bias can be proven. clears the way for any Black person who has faced or is facing those charges in Contra Costa County over the past decade to challenge them in court.
"I had a lot of anecdotal experience that this has been happening with Black defendants," Kuluk said. "And it horrified me. I did everything I could to change what has been going on. LWOP should be saved for the worst of the worst. And that's not what has been occurring." He put UC Irvine Professor Richard McCleary on the stand to testify before the judge to prove his theory.
Meanwhile, in the county next door, newly elected Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a Black woman and a progressive prosecutor, is reducing gang enhancements or not filing special circumstance charges against Black defendants on her own – without a judge's ruling – and getting a lot of heat for it.tweeted,For her part, Becton is committed to making the necessary changes in Contra Costa County to prevent more racially biased charging.
As a district attorney, she said she has to ensure that she has adequate resources and policies in place to give "clear direction" to her prosecutors on how to charge cases and "report outcomes in a transparent way to the public that we serve."
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