“A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.”
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Claim dated 17 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Both defendants had one prior misdemeanor and had the same number of points on a scoresheet used to determine sentencing, but the prosecutor said that the white defendant cooperated to help convict co-defendants.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2020. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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