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The Next Attorney General Should Make Presidential Pardons Less Racist, at the Very Least
Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:30
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By Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica
More than two years ago, a ProPublica series showed that white applicants were far more likely to receive clemency than comparable applicants who were black. Since then, the government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a study, but the pardons system remains unchanged.
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/next_attorney_general_make_presidential_pardon_less_racist_20141018/
