California Democrats push judges to make race a factor in sentencing criminals

California Democrats have proposed a bill that would require judges to consider a convicted criminal's race when determining prison sentences.

Under the guidance of the California Reparations Task Force, Democrat state lawmakers introduced Assembly Bill 852 which "would require courts, whenever they have discretion to determine a sentence, to consider the disparate impact on historically disenfranchised and system-impacted populations" with the intent of "rectifying racial bias."

Bill 852 passed in the House during a legislative session in May and is now under review by the state Senate.