After Research, I do feel that minorities are overrepresented within the criminal justice system. For example, "a suit filed Jan. 6 in Union County, N.J., alleges that a state law denying voting rights to parolees and probationers discriminates against blacks and Hispanics due to their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system"(Penal Disenfranchisement Law Called Biased). A good deal of research has noted major disparities in the extent of involvement of minorities, particularly blacks compared …showed first 75 words of 914 total…

…showed last 75 words of 914 total…Overrepresented.htm Amnesty International Racism and the Administration of Justice retrieved from http://www.amnesty.ca/library/racism.pdf#search='Amnesty%20InternationalRacism%20and%20the%20Administration%20of%20Justice' Civil Rights.org Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System retrieved from http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/cj/ Gallagher, Mary P. Penal Disenfranchisement Law Called Biased New Jersey Law Journal 01-14-2004 retrieved from http://www.law.com/jsp/newswire_article.jsp?id=1073944795506