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Racial disparity in Wisconsin’s prosecution of cannabis cases

In case you missed it, the Wisconsin Justice Initiative and the American  Constitution Society have a “pot page” showing the number of cannabis cases each Wisconsin County prosecuted in 2019 and the race of the defendants.  Spoiler alert: African Americans comprise 7% of Wisconsin’s population but 21% of defendants in cannabis cases.See the Dec. 3rd article here.

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