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Byron is a White male who has been charged with the robbery of a bank; Oliver is a Black male who has been charged with the robbery of a bank. In both cases, the crimes were not very successful as each only managed to get away with a few hundred dollars in marked bills (the marked bills led to their capture). Given these two scenarios, Oliver is likely to get the longer sentence.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Whites tend to receive longer sentences than Blacks.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

False




debasdf

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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