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by dragonwriter 3001 days ago
> Well short of gutting the entire "common law" system and switching an entire legal system over to codified law it seems difficult to address the root issue.

You could move sentencing only to a separate body from the trial judge and jury, which acts based on a record only of the offenses found by the trial court and the criminal history of the offender, without other information, including the race and gender of anyone involved.