[Peace-discuss] Racial disparity

[n.dahlheim at mchsi.com]

Didn't the former Republican district attorney have a kickback scheme with the state where incarcerating 
blacks on "loitering" charges would net the Champaign County State's Attorney Office with the money to 
build the new courthouse in downtown Urbana?


----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
From:    Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu>
To:      peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Racial disparity
Date:    Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:43:01 +0000

> Thanks for this reference, Ricky. I've worked up some statistics before for 
> chambana, but where to go with them involved a lot of speculation. This 
> reference gives me enough that I think I can throw out some of the 
> speculation and perhaps say something useful. Look for a Public i article 
> on the subject by me. It is a sobering experience to go to the courthouse 
> when trial dates are set, and see that the faces on the closed-circuit TV 
> from the jail are largely black, since we are in a county that is largely 
> white.
> 
> Bob
> 
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