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[https://eji.org/news/california-governor-signs-bills-to-address-systemic-racism-and-treatment-of-children/ by Equal Justice Initiative 1/10/20] | [https://eji.org/news/california-governor-signs-bills-to-address-systemic-racism-and-treatment-of-children/ by Equal Justice Initiative 1/10/20] | ||
The governor signed two sweeping bills aimed at confronting racial bias in the state’s criminal justice system. AB 3070 tackles illegal racial discrimination in jury selection, and AB 2542, the “California Racial Justice Act,” prohibits prosecutors from seeking, obtaining, or imposing a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. | The governor signed two sweeping bills aimed at confronting racial bias in the state’s criminal justice system. AB 3070 tackles illegal racial discrimination in jury selection, and AB 2542, the “California Racial Justice Act,” prohibits prosecutors from seeking, obtaining, or imposing a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. | ||
=====The Racist Roots of Denying Incarcerated People Their Right to Vote===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/racist-roots-denying-incarcerated-people-their-right-vote by Jeffery Robinson 3/5/19 ACLU] | |||
The historical context for this comes from old English common law which justified the concept of “civil death” as punishment for conviction of treason or a felony because a person committing a crime had “corrupt blood,” making the person “dead in the law.” America did not immediately adopt this position because the Constitution was silent on voting rights — it neither granted nor denied anyone the right to vote. | |||
