New research highlights the disparities Black juvenile defendants face in fines from Allegheny County judges.
New light is being shed on the disparities in fines Black juvenile defendants face from Allegheny County magisterial district judges.
Between 2023 and 2024, Allegheny County magisterial district judges ordered children ages 5 to 17 to pay over $190,000 in citation fines, WESA reported. During that time, Black juvenile defendants were fined nearly twice as much as their white peers, data from the Pennsylvania Office of Administrative Courts showed…