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NCJ Number: 53212 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Document: PDF
Author(s): ANON
Date Published: 1977
Annotation: THE QUALITY OF JUSTICE AVAILABLE TO A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA WAS ASSESSED TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract: THE PROJECT INVESTIGATED THE OFF-RESERVATION AREAS OF LARGELY URBAN PENNINGTON COUNTY AND RURAL CHARLES MIX COUNTY. REPORTS OF ALLEGED EXCLUSION FROM JURIES, DISCRIMINATORY USE OF BAIL, AND THE LACK OF ADEQUATE LEGAL REPRESENTATION WERE INVESTIGATED, ALONG WITH CHARGES OF HARASSMENT, ABUSE, AND DISPARATE TREATMENT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE STATE. THE ISSUES INVESTIGATED WERE CONFINED TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE MATTERS INVOLVING STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. APPROXIMATELY 130 PERSONS WERE INTERVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING STATE OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, DEFENSE AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS, JUDGES, COURT ADMINISTRATORS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES, NATIVE AMERICAN COMPLAINANTS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. STATISTICAL DATA AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION WERE ALSO GATHERED AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL. THE STUDY FOUND EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD ABUSE OF POLICE POWER THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IMPROPRIETIES INCLUDED SELECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SEARCH AND ARREST WITHOUT CAUSE, HARASSMENT AND BRUTAL TREATMENT, ARREST OF INTOXICATED PERSONS ON DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES, AND SIMPLE DISCOURTESIES. FURTHER, THE COURT-APPOINTED DEFENSE ATTORNEY SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO PLACE INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AT A SERIOUS DISADVANTAGE. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT NATIVE AMERICANS RARELY SERVE ON JURIES, THAT THE BAIL SYSTEM WORKS TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE, AND THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EFFORTS ARE INADEQUATE. SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH REGARD TO JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS, EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE COURTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' STANDARDS, UPGRADING LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, ABUSE OF POLICE POWER, CIVIL DEFENSE UNITS, HANDLING RAPE VICTIMS, ALCOHOL AND CRIME, TRIAL DELAYS, COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS, THE DEFENSE SYSTEM, THE BAIL SYSTEM, JURY REPRESENTATION, AND POVERTY AND CRIME. CORRESPONDENCE, TABULAR DATA, AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE APPENDED. (KBL)
Index Term(s): Abuse of authority; American Indians; Discrimination; Employment; Jury selection; Law enforcement; Legal aid services; Police Brutality; Police discretion
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
US Cmssn on Civil Rights
Denver, CO 80202
Corporate Author: US Cmssn on Civil Rights
South Dakota Advisory Cmtte
United States of America
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 81
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: REPORT OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE US COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
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