Prosecutorial discretion in seeking death: An analysis of racial disparity in the pretrial stages of case processing in a midwestern county

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 559-578

  Sorensen, Jon ^a   Wallace, Donald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 1842763193     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418829900094261     Document Type: Article

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