'We Are Not Perfect': Prosecutors Acknowledge Unconscious Bias After 'Racially Coded Language' at Trial Leads to Vacated Convictions
"I would never want to secure a conviction with even a remote possibility of racial bias against a defendant," Chief Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau said in a statement provided to Law.com. "There was no intentional actions on my part yet I understand the court's ruling."
January 24, 2023 at 06:12 PM
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Criminal AppealsA county prosecutor's office in Washington state has acknowledged it displayed unconscious bias in repeatedly using the term "nationality" to refer to a Black defendant after the state Supreme Court deemed the comments prejudicial and unanimously called for a new trial.
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