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Paul Pepper: 'Foolish Corner' Author John Howe, "The Law and Behavioral Economics"

By & Paul Pepper • Jan 27, 2021
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Author JOHN HOWE, "The Foolish Corner," says this about racial bias in the courtroom: "people come to the world with all kinds of biases of which they're largely not aware, and racial bias is one type; and so apparently it influences the sentencing decisions made by judges." January 27, 2021

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