ACLU Presents Evidence of Racial Bias in Riverside County's Use of the Death Penalty

ACLU Presents Evidence of Racial Bias in Riverside County's Use of the Death Penalty

RIVERSIDE – The ACLU and ACLU of Southern California presented expert testimony last week proving that Black and Latine defendants are far more likely than their white counterparts to face capital charges in Riverside County in the state’s first evidentiary hearing in a capital case under California’s Racial Justice Act (CRJA). The CRJA, passed in […] The post ACLU Presents Evidence of Racial Bias in Riverside County’s Use of the Death Penalty a…