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Audio Resources

• ‘Stop Snitching’ Movement is Confounding Criminal Justice
• Study: Ex-Cons Face Race Barriers in Job Search
• Supreme Court takes on Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection
  The U.S. Supreme Court wrestles Monday with a problem that has long plagued the criminal justice system: race discrimination in the selection of jurors.  "Numerous studies demonstrate that prosecutors use peremptory strikes to remove black jurors at significantly higher rates than white jurors."

Video Resources

• The Professors – Death Penalty
  In this 27:39:00 clip, the professors discuss what factors lead to the disparity between whites and minorities with regards to capital punishment and how those factors might be addressed without eliminating the death penalty.

• Detroit: Race Card Pulled by Juror Sets Riddle Free
  A judge declared a mistrial in the federal corruption case against Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle after an impasse by jurors, who described deliberations as tinged with racial tension they blamed on a lone holdout.
   
• Feds Fault East Haven Police for Discrimination
  In this 2:43 clip, the U.S. Justice Department investigation into the East Haven Police Department has found a pattern of discrimination against Latino residents in violation of their constitutional rights and federal law
   
• Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?  Episode 9
  Part 1: Arguing Affirmative Action

Web Resources

• Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
• Bureau of Justice Statistics. Hate Crimes
• Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century—Hate Crimes
• Drug Reform Coordination Network
• Drug War Chronicle
• Drug Watch International
• Families Against Mandatory Sentencing
• The Justice Project
• Marijuana Policy Project
• The Sentencing Project
• Stop the Drug War