Solicitor Scarlett Wilson launching data-collection project to understand and correct racial disparities

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Written By Kelli Ross

By: CHASE LAUDENSLAGER

Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on Wednesday announced a data-collection project, geared towards “correcting root causes of any disparities in her jurisdiction, and to ensure that her prosecutors made fair and consistent decisions.”

The project is in partnership with the Justice Innovation Lab, researchers from Loyola University, the George Washington University Law School, the Toulouse School of Economics, and the Beeck Center for Social Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University.

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