By: Sarwar Alam
A review into the UK’s justice system has concluded that there is an inherent racial bias against the ethnic minority population in the country and called for deferred or dropped prosecutions to fix the imbalance. The Lammy Review, an independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals in the Criminal Justice System, was conducted by Labour party MP David Lammy, who concluded the justice system in England and Wales discriminates in its treatment of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. The vast divide is reflected in data which reveals that people from BAME…
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