Rural vs. urban justice
urban populations are usually people of color
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- Oct 2025
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www.amu.apus.edu www.amu.apus.edu
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Access to legal representation: Individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and poor communities often cannot afford equal access to justice due to the wealth gap
no access to legal representation
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Socioeconomic Status
race / economic status
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www.sentencingproject.org www.sentencingproject.org
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A financially burdensome and under-resourced criminal legal system puts people with low incomes
income inequality
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in public advocacy against reforms.
how do you separate bias, and natural human reactions when analyzing "objective" law
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harshly in their charging and sentencing decisions.
assumption ,bias?
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disproportionately impact Black Americans.
laws affect one group more than others - perpetuating inequality
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racial disparities in imprisonmen
racial disparity widens
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that appear race-neutral have
surface level laws are unreliable
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