Unfair Sentencing Research Paper

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When a person is accused of a crime and found guilty, it’s the court’s job to make a verdict of their sentencing. At times those sentencings aren’t exactly the appropriate for the crime the person is being accused of or committed. I believe it’s only fair that regardless of race, ethnicity, illness etc. that everyone who breaks the law by committing a similar crime should receive the same sentencing time.
According to the website ACLU many people are currently in prison serving “… decades long…” sentences that don’t equal up to the crime they committed (ACLU.org). Some cases go as far as a person facing life in person without parole and this is for only nonviolent crimes. The CLRP wants to put an end to these unfair sentencings, they want

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