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Race on trial
Title
Race on trial [electronic resource (video)] / ABC News Productions.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2002.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (23 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Nov. 15, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Does the American justice system treat people differently based on their race? In this ABC News program, correspondent Michel Martin reports on the startlingly disparate outcomes of two almost-identical drug-related cases tried one after another in a Boston court. In one case, the judge sentenced an African-American defendant with no prior record to prison time on the insistence of the prosecution. In the other case, the prosecution asked for a sentence of drug rehabilitation as opposed to prison time for a white defendant with prior convictions. This provocative program offers a timely assessment of an unfortunately recurring problem in American courtrooms.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Original produced: ABC News Productions, 2002
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
12 & up.
Contents
Judge Questions Equal Justice (4:00)
Black Lawyers and Defendants Do Not Always Receive Equal Justice (3:59)
District Attorney Charged With Racism (2:01)
Racial Disparity in the Courtroom (4:17)
Racial Trends in Drug Arrests and Convictions (5:08)
Videorecording number
30087 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
ABC News Productions.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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