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Racial Bias in Sentencing
Racial Bias in Sentencing
Created by Hannah Fernandez
"A Black man who commits the same crime as a white man will receive a sentence that is about 20% longer. This tends to happen because sentencing choices are made by judges at their own discretion. This allows for bias to play a huge role in the sentencing process.
A judge may review and lower the sentence, but it is less likely that they will do so if that person is Black. "
Read Hannah's Proposal:
Psychological Screening for Officers
Psychological Screening for Officers
Created by Eva Munoz, Haily Vargas, Joel Calderon, & Julian Montiel
Over 90% of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. use psychological testing;
only 5% are screened out by the test.
15% of police officers suffer from PTSD.
Police officers go through a series of difficult, life-threatening, and uncomfortable situations that require a lot of training. Without proper training, testing, and psychological screening, sending officers out onto the field could be detrimental.
We believe more police officers need mental checks. The reason for this is because a study was done and one-in-five police officers feel angry and frustrated on the job.
14.2% of police officers have very little job satisfaction.
We propose that police officers take annual psychological tests to evaluate and reduce the stress/anger officers may have.
Being an officer is challenging, so frequent mental health checks will be beneficial.
Lesly P1 BHM video.mp4Video created by Lesly Sotelo
Curious about bias within our legal system?
"In the year 2017, 19% of all arrests were Black people, whether it be a misdemeanor or a serious crime.
There is a massive issue that affects black people in the courts. More specifically when being called for jury duty. The issue is that the compensation for being a juror isn’t enough to alleviate missing an entire day's work for “serving your country” as a juror.
14.5% of all low income people are Black and only 8.7% of the total population are Black people.
The current compensation you would receive, in San Bernardino, is $15 per day and some money for one way trip to the court in gas refilling. This low amount per day means that only well off upper class people can serve without worry of bills and other expenses. And I propose that we increase the amount of compensation and a few bonus benefits for parents that are called for jury duty.
Increasing the amount of compensation for serving jurors would allow for a better jury of your peers. As not having peers to evaluate the charges wrongfully invites and possibly encourages bias. A jury of people who may be racist towards black people would unfairly elect the defendant as guilty even if they’re innocent of the crimes they are being accused of. And having more black people serving as jurors to be proper peers to evaluate the accused would lead to more fair assessments of the defendant."
Leo Kestler, Jury of Your Peers
BLM Protest Map
BLM Protest Map
Created by Aileen Arreola, Allison Ramos, & Valerie Cruz
EAA Plan
EAA Plan
Created by Alan De Los Rios, Antonio Ruiz, & Edwin Loza
UNSOLVED
UNSOLVED
Created by
Gaby Hernandez, Jennifer Torres,
Jonathan Gamez, & Luz Uhas
"Our project focuses on the injustice that revolves around cases of missing/found dead people of color.
We compared cases to those of white women and there is a major difference in the way cases are publicized and investigated."
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Cancer Alley & Environmental Injustice
Cancer Alley & Environmental Injustice
Created by Moises Nogales
This project brings awareness to pollution"currently suffocating the small parishes of an 85-mile strip between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Dubbed Cancer Alley because of its high rate of cancer infections, a large number of chemical factories and oil refineries release toxic fumes that cause health problems to the black community living there. In recent years, activists have protested against a proposed petrochemical complex. This was led by the Sunrise Movement; despite protesting for the Biden Administration to stop the building of this facility, no updates have been made. In St. John the Baptist, a small residential area, the risk of citizens developing cancer is 50 times higher than the American average.
Lung cancer and asthma, among other factors caused by the toxic air, also played a key role during the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid infections can be more deadly to the residents of Cancer Alley than anywhere else. As of April 16, 2020, St. John the Baptist had the highest number Covid-related of deaths per capita in the United States.
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