{"id":1329,"date":"2008-10-16T22:33:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T03:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2008-10-16T22:33:48","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T03:33:48","slug":"time-for-racial-impact-statements-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2008\/10\/time-for-racial-impact-statements-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for Racial Impact Statements in Wisconsin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported in the new issue of Sentencing Times,<\/a>\u00a0Iowa and Connecticut adopted new laws earlier this year that\u00a0call for the preparation of\u00a0racial impact statements as\u00a0sentencing\u00a0bills are\u00a0working their way through the state legislative process.\u00a0 In many states, it is already\u00a0required\u00a0that fiscal and environmental impact statements be prepared for new\u00a0legislative\u00a0proposals, but Iowa and Connecticut are the first to adopt a similar policy with respect to racial concerns.\u00a0\u00a0This seems like a good idea for other\u00a0states to consider–particularly states like Wisconsin with glaring racial disparities in their prison populations<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course, the fact that a sentencing proposal might exacerbate racial disparities would not (and should not) necessarily preclude its adoption, but the debate over such proposals would benefit from more self-conscious and well-informed attention to their racial impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As reported in the new issue of Sentencing Times,\u00a0Iowa and Connecticut adopted new laws earlier this year that\u00a0call for the preparation of\u00a0racial impact statements as\u00a0sentencing\u00a0bills are\u00a0working their way through the state legislative process.\u00a0 In many states, it is already\u00a0required\u00a0that fiscal and environmental impact statements be prepared for new\u00a0legislative\u00a0proposals, but Iowa and Connecticut are the first 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