The head of the Civil Rights Division of the Ministry of Justice said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in the largest province of Minnesota to determine whether the illegal breed regards as a factor for plea.
Hardet K. Dhillon, the assistant processor general for civil rights, announced the research on social media on Saturday evening. A letter to the office of the public prosecutor in Hempin County, including Minneapolis, will try to determine whether it concerns “in the illegal consideration of race in his prosecution decision.”
The research stems from a policy memo that the office spent days earlier, in which prosecutors were told to be aware of racial or age considerations for plea negotiations and conviction.
“Although racial identity and age are not suitable reasons for departure, proposed resolutions must regard the person as a whole person, including their racial identity and age,” the memo said. “Although these factors do not have to check, they must be part of the general analysis. Racial differences harm our community, lead to distrust and have a negative influence on the safety of the community. Officers of Justice must identify and tackle racial differences on decision points.”
Proponents of condemning reforms have long argued that the criminal justice system yields significant differences in the prison sentences given to black defendants versus white defendants convicted of the same crimes, and the memo of the public prosecutor seems to be designed to tackle that concern.
Mrs. Dhillon’s letter said that federal investigation would try to determine whether the local public prosecutors ‘have created a pattern or practice to deprive persons of rights, privileges or immunities protected or protected by the Constitution or Laws of the United States’.
The research comes in a tumultuous time for the Civil Rights division. Hundreds Lawyers and employees have resigned in recent weeksIn the midst of increasing frustration about the re -change or departure of most managers who work there, and demand new types of investigations that the current and former lawyers of the Division have alerted.
Mrs. Dhillon has favored the massive exodus and suggested that those who leave are more supportive for “awake ideology” than President Trump’s agenda.
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