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Colorlines: Study Says When Women of Color Enter Prosecutor Races, They Win

October 25, 2019

N. Jamiyla Chisholm discusses our latest prosecutor research for Colorlines.

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Elected prosecutors have historically and overwhelmingly been White (95 percent) and male (80 percent). They still are, but since 2015, women of color have been chipping away at this hierarchy, with nearly 50 percent more of them stepping into prosecutorial positions in just five years, according to a new study from the Reflective Democracy Campaign.

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