End Racial Bias in Sentencing

Research shows that the death penalty is not applied fairly in California. A defendant is three or four times more likely to be sentenced to die in cases where the victim is white than in cases where the victim is African American or Latino.

The California Racial Justice Act (RJA) would ensure that no one is sentenced to die in California because of race or ethnicity. The RJA would create a procedure for the court to determine whether race was a significant factor in the decision to seek or impose the death penalty in a particular case. In cases where bias is demonstrated the individual would be sentenced to permanent imprisonment instead.

If California is going to continue to have a death penalty, it must be applied without regard to the race or ethnicity of the victim, defendant or jurors.

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