So we built our own database containing 1000s of criminal cases, defendants and judges from Norway’s criminal justice system, which ranks as one of the most impartial in the world. All to answer the question: does who you are affect the sentence you receive? - ThreadSky

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lighthousereports.com • 50 days ago

So we built our own database containing 1000s of criminal cases, defendants and judges from Norway’s criminal justice system, which ranks as one of the most impartial in the world. All to answer the question: does who you are affect the sentence you receive?

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lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

Income, age, gender and migration background are associated with sentencing, even when accounting for 12s of other factors, like convictions & aggravating factors

lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

Our findings in particular point to stark class injustice within Norwegian courts. Jakob and Frank are part of a larger pattern where those who earn the least are punished more harshly than those who earn the most.

lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

But for defendants like Frank and Jakob, this is about more than statistics. This is about the difference between freedom and imprisonment. NRK reports on how Frank went to prison – and a rich man went free

lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

We found disparities beyond income, too. Even when accounting for other factors, women receive shorter sentences than men. Older judges hand out longer sentences than younger judges—and punish migrant defendants especially harshly.

lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

We have published a comprehensive methodology explaining our analysis and published the underlying code and results to Github.

lighthousereports.com•50 days ago

It’s been a pleasure working with NRK. Kudos to the team.

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