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Completely irrelevant.Also, explain why first time minority offenders receive harsher sentences and fines than their white peers on average. Remember to cite your sources.
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Going to need your source first. 

Also, since you've established blacks commit more severe crimes on average per person than whites, make sure your source proves they get more harshly treates for the same crime with no previous criminal record