Life lessons: examining sources of racial and ethnic disparity in federal life without parole sentences

Alongside capital punishment, sentences to life withoutthe possibility of parole are one of the most distinctiveaspects of the American system of criminal punishment.Unlike the death penalty, though, almost no empiricalwork hasexaminedthedecisionto impose lifeimprison-ment. The current study analyze...

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Authors: Johnson, Brian (Author) ; Spohn, Cassia (Author) ; Kimchi, Anat -2021 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 704-737
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Criminal Punishment
Federal sentencing
Life Without Parole
Racial Disparity