News Item: : Race, gender of judge important
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Posted by Wendy McElroy
Monday 08 February 2010 - 05:57:46
A judge's race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear – at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in the conduct of the parties, according to two recent studies. The results were the focus of a program about “Diversity on the Bench: Is the ‘Wise Latina’ a Myth?,†sponsored by the ABA Judicial Division at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Orlando on Saturday afternoon. In federal racial harassment cases, one study (PDF) found that plaintiffs lost just 54 percent of the time when the judge handling the case was an African-American. Yet plaintiffs lost 81 percent of the time when the judge was Hispanic, 79 percent when the judge was white, and 67 percent of the time when the judge was Asian American. (01/06/10)
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(Category: News Reports)
Posted by Wendy McElroy
Monday 08 February 2010 - 05:57:46
A judge's race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear – at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in the conduct of the parties, according to two recent studies. The results were the focus of a program about “Diversity on the Bench: Is the ‘Wise Latina’ a Myth?,†sponsored by the ABA Judicial Division at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Orlando on Saturday afternoon. In federal racial harassment cases, one study (PDF) found that plaintiffs lost just 54 percent of the time when the judge handling the case was an African-American. Yet plaintiffs lost 81 percent of the time when the judge was Hispanic, 79 percent when the judge was white, and 67 percent of the time when the judge was Asian American. (01/06/10)
This news item is from ifeminists.com
( http://www.ifeminists.com/news.php?extend.15394 )