Bruce Wright (1) (1917–2005)
Auteur van Black Robes, White Justice
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Over de Auteur
Bruce Wright practiced law in New York City for twenty years before serving ten turbulent years as a judge in New York's Criminal Court and two more years in Civil Court. He was a New York State Supreme Court Justice for over 15 years
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Wright, Bruce McMarion
- Geboortedatum
- 1917-12-19
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-03-24
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
New York, New York, USA
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA - Opleiding
- Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Fordham University School of Law
New York University School of Law - Beroepen
- Judge
lawyer
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- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 72
- Populariteit
- #243,043
- Waardering
- 5.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 9
Wright, an African American New York Supreme Court justice, has written a scathing indictment of that system. The book was written in 1987, but too much of what he describes still goes on. We are, in fact, probably more aware of it. We know that target="_top">racial profiling occurs, and has increased of late. We know that it the race of the victim is a major determinant in whether a convicted murderer will be sentenced to death. (Race and the Death Penalty) We know that minority defendants will receive harsher sentences than whites convicted of the same crimes. We know that the prosecutors, judges and policy makers are overwhelmingly white males.
It is difficult to fault Wright for his anger; unfortunately, at times it interferes with his argument. That is too bad, because what he has to say needs to be heard.… (meer)