Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy
The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in Minnesota’s largest county to determine whether it illegally considers race as a factor in plea deals.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, асистент общоприет прокурор по цивилен права, разгласи следствието в обществените медии в събота вечер. A letter to the county attorney’s office in Hennepin County, which include Minneapolis, will seek to determine if it engages “in the illegal consideration of race in its prosecutorial decision-making. ”
The inquiry stems from a policy memo the office issued days earlier, in which prosecutors were told to be aware of racial or age considerations in plea договаряния и присъда.
" Докато расовата еднаквост и възраст не са подобаващи учредения за заминавания, препоръчаните резолюции би трябвало да смятат лицето, упрекнато к...
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