Blacks in San Francisco treated unfairly starting at booking stage: study

If you’re black and live or work in San Francisco, it’s more likely that your case will take longer to resolve than for a white person, you’ll be convicted of a more serious crime than a white and you’ll receive a longer sentence than a white person. Those conclusions were released in a 29-page report called “Examining Racial Disparities in Criminal Case Outcomes among Indigent Defendants in San Francisco.” Leigh Martinez reports