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Racial Disparities In Sentencing In The U.S. And Georgia, Kamal Rattray, Nicole Lee
Racial Disparities In Sentencing In The U.S. And Georgia, Kamal Rattray, Nicole Lee
Georgia Journal of Public Policy
Incarceration represents the ultimate use of coercive power, and in the state of Georgia, that power is being disproportionately levied upon people of color, particularly African Americans.1 According to 2011 statistics from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the total prison population statewide was approximately 53,341 inmates. The majority of that number were Blacks (33,069 inmates), followed by Whites (17,752 inmates), Hispanics (2,306 inmates) and other ethnic groups.
Parting The Waves: Claims To Maritime Jurisdiction And The Division Of Ocean Space, Clive Schofield
Parting The Waves: Claims To Maritime Jurisdiction And The Division Of Ocean Space, Clive Schofield
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs
This article casts aside traditional obsessions and examines the development and present state of coastal State claims to maritime jurisdiction, the overlapping claims to maritime space that have inevitably resulted from the significant extension of maritime claims in recent decades, and thus the delimitation of maritime boundaries.