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Race in the Criminal Justice System

General, 2021-

Task Force 2.0, Race and Washington’s Criminal Justice System: 2021 Report to the Washington Supreme Court (2021). Published by the state's law reviews:

  • Task Force 2.0 Research Working Group, Race & Washington's Criminal Justice System: 2021 Report to Washington Supreme Court, 57 Gonz. L. Rev. 117-75 (2022), [HeinOnline]

General, 2011-2020

Task Force on Race and the Criminal Justice System, Preliminary Report on Race and Washington’s Criminal Justice System, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 251 (2012) [HeinOnline], 35 Seattle U. L. Rev. 623 (2011-12) [journal] [HeinOnline], 87 Wash. L. Rev. 1 (2012) [journal] [HeinOnline]

Robert S. Chang, Taking to Task Race and the Criminal Justice System: Examining Assumptions, Investigating Possible Causes, Ensuring Fairness,  Wash. St. B. News, June 2011, at 32, [HeinOnline]. Discusses Task Force.

Hon. Stephen González, Introduction [to Symposium on Racial Bias and the Criminal Justice System], 35 Seattle U. L. Rev. 615 (2012) [journal] [HeinOnline]

Hon. Barbara Madsen, Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 243 (2011-12) [HeinOnline]

General, 2001-2010

Robert. D. Crutchfield, Racial Disparity in the Washington State Criminal Justice System: Executive Summary and  Racial Disparity in the Washington State Criminal Justice System (2005). Review of research in Washington, placed in context of national studies, prepared for case challenging felony disenfranchisement law (Farrakhan v. Gregoire).

J. Morgan Kousser, Expert Report (2006) (for Farrakhan v. Gregoire). Summarizes historical patterns of discrimination and current racial disparities in Washington State

General, 1991-2000

Melisa D. Evangelos, Comment, Bias in the Washington Courts: A Call for Reform, 16 U. Puget Sound L. Rev. 741 (1993), [add journal link] [HeinOnline]

General, 1981-1990