Poor and minority defendants get far different treatment.
found the problem getting worse: 79 percent of judges at state and municipal levels say “delays have affected their hearing process”; 44 percent of respondents say “backlogs had increased over the past 24 months”; and 45 percent say the same about court caseloads.
The biggest advantage for the rich, however, is access to expensive, experienced counsel and hordes of specialists, document readers, jury consultants and the like. Trump whines that he’ll need years to prepare for the trial in federal court over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But he can hire as many lawyers as he likes and invest in software to manage documents. He’ll also be able to find jury consultants, experts and investigators.
These severe consequences are inextricably bound up with the nation’s 400-year history of racial injustice. Black and Latino men and women make up more than half of all Americans who have been to prison. This disparity likely stems from decades of discriminatory policies and overpolicing of communities of color.
And while all people who have been to prison face severely reduced earnings, Black and Latino Americans are less likely than whites of the same socioeconomic group to see their earnings recover, suggesting that imprisonment traps them in low-wage jobs. Historically, Republicans have had little patience for demands to fund courts, increase public defenders, improve jail facilities and reassess sentencing policies.Perhaps, as they watch Trump maneuver, delay, avoid and outspend prosecutors, Republicans might ponder the fate of those without his resources. If they do, they might rethink their antipathy toward adequate funding of the justice system and their indifference to mass incarceration.
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