Cleveland Council to Hold Hearing on Sentencing Disparities
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gabriel Baird
10/23/2008
Cleveland City Council moving on race disparity.
City Council’s Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing Nov. 19 on disparities between sentences imposed on white and black criminals in Cuyahoga County Commons Pleas Court.
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The newspaper found that white defendants tended to fare substantially better than their black counterparts — even when facing virtually identical charges.
The council session will be at 9:30 a.m. in council’s committee room at City Hall.