The Role Of Race In The Criminal Justice System

The interference of racial dynamics in the courtroom is one of the longest standing issues in the criminal justice system. The leadership roles in the courtroom have become more diverse. However, race still plays a role in the sentencing outcomes. This ranges from the arrest of a person due to racial profiling to the decision of the death penalty based on the offender and crime. Nevertheless, a particularly crucial aspect of the criminal justice system is the sentencing. The crime and its severity are primary determinants of sentencing, but race, a legally irrelevant factor, regrettably plays a role. Although racial bias has altered over time, recent study attests that race still has an undeniable presence in the sentencing process. This …show more content…
Rather, racial discrimination is more concealed in sentencing. It exhibits in peoples and their thought that produce unequal outcomes in certain situations, such as sentence severity. Harsher sentencing outcomes is a direct effect of race. Decisions in the justice system are not just based on the crimes and its severity, but also other irrelevant factors. As far back as the criminal justice system, race always played a role, whether big or small. Nevertheless, in the United States it is “neither invariable, nor universal, nor is it as overt as it was even thirty years ago.” (Tushar Kansal) It has become more of an insidious aspect, that creates the unequal distribution of incarceration lengths or severity. In the past