1. Homework 1
Resources: The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Research your state's (Maryland) efforts to reform sentencing guidelines over the past 20 years. Analyze the effects of such efforts on the duration of average sentences served for various serious crimes along racial and ethnic lines.
Create a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation summarizing your findings.
Format your presentation in accordance with APA guidelines.
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2. Homework 2
Resources: The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on what the textbook author refers to as "disparity in the jury selection process." Be sure to include the following:
An explanation of the process and cases that have helped to control the systemic discrimination of the courts in this process
A discussion of how jury nullification is used in relation to diversity
A discussion of the use of peremptory challenges to jury selection and the impact on the jury composition
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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