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Criminal

Jul. 18, 2006

Racial Bias Not Factor in U.S. Seeking Death Penalty, Rand Study Finds

LOS ANGELES - Race played no part in federal prosecutors' decisions to seek the death penalty in the Clinton administration's Justice Department, according to a study released Monday.

By John Hanusz
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Race played no part in federal prosecutors' decisions to seek the death penalty in the Clinton administration's Justice Department, according to a study released Monday.
      In a report commissioned by the federal government, Santa Monica-based-Rand Corp. examined the files of 652 defendants charged with capital offenses from 1995 to 2000 to dete...

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