You Are a Member of a Parole Board Who Is

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Essay

You are a member of a parole board who is in an area with increased racial tensions. You are voting whether to institute an anonymous review process so that institutionalized racism will not be a factor. There are concerns that race will still be "legible" in the files, and that it will be easier to justify racist decisions by claiming ignorance due to the anonymity of the process. Elaborate on how the decisions of parole boards are currently made and whether you think this will be an effective solution.

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Definitions:

Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina of the eye that receive visual information from photoreceptors via bipolar cells and transmit it to the brain through the optic nerve.

Lateral Geniculate Cells

Neurons located in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus, playing a critical role in the processing and relay of visual information from the retina to the visual cortex.

Thalamus

A structure in the brain that acts as a relay center, processing and transmitting sensory information to the appropriate areas of the cortex.

Volume

The amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, typically measured in cubic units.