U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Unequal Justice: African Americans in the Virginia
Criminal Justice System 


Virginia Advisory Committee to
the United States Commission on Civil Rights 


April 2000 

A report of the Virginia Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights prepared for the information and consideration of the Commissioners. Statements and observations in the report should only be attributed to individual presenters at the factfinding meetings or the Advisory Committee, not to the Commission.

Contents

Commission Information

Virginia Advisory Committee Members

Letter of Transmittal

Introduction

Chapter 1: Citizen Complaints

Chapter 2: Racial Overrepresentation

Chapter 3: Law Enforcement Treatment of African Americans

Findings and Recommendations