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“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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PolitiFact says: 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.