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Research: Black Judges Are Reversed On Appeal More Than White Judges

By Shankar Vedantam
Published July 12, 2016 at 4:07 AM CDT
Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland is the first African American to serve in that position on the Massachusetts Supreme Court. But data shows black judges are overturned on appeal more often than white judges.
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Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland is the first African American to serve in that position on the Massachusetts Supreme Court. But data shows black judges are overturned on appeal more often than white judges.

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