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"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 juge sentenced an African-American defendant with no prior record to prison time on the insistence of the prosecution. In the other case, the prosecut...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: ABC News Productions
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:
Discrimination in justice administration > Massachusetts > Boston.
Trials > Massachusetts > Boston.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"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 juge 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"--Container.
Note:Originally broadcast on 03/06/02 on the television program, Nightline.
Full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
"DVD video."
Videorecording.
Call Number:HV9955.M4 R32 2003 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD-R.
Participant or Performer:
Host, Ted Koppel ; correspondent, Michel Martin.