Justice Index
From the traffic stop — to the courtroom — to the bank.
Three data investigations exposing racial bias in American institutions. All public data. All open source.
Three Investigations
Same Stop, Different Outcome
8.6M stops · 18 states · 2000–2020
“Black drivers searched at 2.2× the rate — contraband found less often”
Source: Stanford Open Policing Project
Explore →Same Crime, Different Time
1.3M cases · 23 years · 2002–2024
“Minority defendants receive longer sentences after controlling for all legal factors — Black defendants get +3.85 extra months”
Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission
Explore →Same Loan, Different Rate
15.3M loans · 51 states · 2018–2023
“Hispanic borrowers pay +0.192pp and Black borrowers +0.161pp more above benchmark rates”
Source: CFPB HMDA data
Explore →Bias follows people through every institution
On the street, police search minority drivers more — and find less. In the courtroom, minority defendants get longer sentences for the same crime. At the bank, minority borrowers pay higher rates for the same loan.
These are not isolated incidents. They are systemic patterns, exposed through millions of public records.
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Justice Index is an open-source data journalism project analyzing racial disparities across American institutions using exclusively public data.
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