A question arises in my mind every time I’m in Hennepin County courts: why is it seemingly 80 percent of defendants are African American, especially when, according to the 2010 census, only 8.4 percent of people in Minneapolis are non-Hispanic Blacks, a ratio difference of 10:1? Why is our constitutional guarantee of “checks and balances,” i.e. fairness also for the accused, too often absent in...
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