NAACP Wants Probe Of "Barbie Bandits" Case

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AP via cbsnews.com

(AP) The head of the Georgia NAACP called for the state to investigate the sentences given in the so-called "Barbie bandits" bank theft case, saying the two white defendants got less prison time than two black men.

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Last month, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley sentenced 20-year-old Heather Johnston to 10 years probation after she pleaded guilty to a charge of theft by taking in the 2007 heist. The judge gave 19-year-old Ashley Miller two years in jail and eight years probation. Both women are white.

Michael Chastang, 28, was sentenced to 10 years for being the mastermind of the robbery, and bank teller Bennie Allen III, 23, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to five years. Both men are black. Chastang also is serving 15 years on unrelated drug-trafficking charges and Allen was on probation for a drug conviction.

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Complete article at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/08/national/main4001371.shtml

[Poll_Blind]

1. "Black people loot, white people salvage." The line of thinking is so messed up.

  Basically, it's the inherent assumption that blacks (other minorities, people of color) have more nefarious motives than whites for committing the same crimes. Nasty stuff.

PB