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Discrimination In The African American Criminal Justice System

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Historically, African Americans have faced discrimination in the criminal justice systems. During the early 1800’s, the system has formed laws to discriminate against African Americans. These laws are recognized as the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were regulations passed after slavery that created different guidelines for African Americans and Caucasians (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2016) These decrees were purposely put in place to hinder African Americans from interacting with Caucasians. It wasn’t until 1875 when Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which considered the Jim Crow Laws unconstitutional.
The purpose of the American criminal justice system is to provide justice for all, by convicting the guilty and governing the

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