![Illustration of Judge Howard Shore, a White man sporting glasses and a mustache, looking downward; there are two panels to the left and right of him showing police body cam footage of Tommy Bonds III, a young Black man, being pulled over; one panel also shows a closeup of Shore banging a gavel](jpg/112020-racial-justice-act-beckderesse-cm19bd.jpg)
Justice
California lets defendants challenge racism in court. Few have succeeded
A Garrison Project and CalMatters analysis of the Racial Justice Act found about a dozen successful cases in which judges took action on racial bias in the legal process.