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    Apartheid Resurrected: How American Incarceration Policies Wage War On Poor African American Communities

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    Terborg-Galloway, Sherry A.
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    Washington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Program
    Discrimination in criminal justice administration
    Human rights
    Justice
    Legal assistance to the poor
    Race discrimination
    Mandatory sentences
    Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (United States)
    Recidivists
    Punishment in crime deterrence -- Evaluation
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    Sherry A. Terborg-Galloway is a member of the Class of 2006 of Washington and Lee University School of Law.
     
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    Clearly, determinate sentencing policies which are disproportionate in their application, resulting in increased incarceration of a specific minority group, fail to fulfill the objectives of a fair and just criminal justice system. As I have mentioned before, incarceration is a legitimate governmental sanction, but it must be used sensibly. The situation faced by poor African American communities as a result of such criminal policies is an urgent one. Affirmative steps must be taken to address these disparities if there is to be any hope of reversing their effects. [From Conclusion]
     
    Sherry A. Terborg-Galloway
     
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