In 2018, the case of Lloyd and Legleitner had a lot of similarities. "Legleitner robbed three men involved in a drug deal, Lloyd robbed a Pizza Hut and gas station; both men pled no contest to two counts of armed robbery; both went in front of the same judge (Bauer); in the same courtroom; and both only had a single misdemeanor from the past on their records" (full article at https://www.baezlawfirm.com/spotlight-falls-on-two-florida-men-with-vastly-different-sentences-due-to-race/ "Lloyd and Legleitner both hired private attorneys and entered no contest pleas to avoid a lengthy trial" (Herald). "This is not the first time that Judge Bauer has come under scrutiny for sentencing black defendants to sentences that are two to three times longer than white defendants who commit the same crimes, and in the cases of Lloyd and Legleitner, one sentence was 13 times longer" (Baez law firm).

 Judge Bauer acknowledges his implicit biases in the article -http://projects.heraldtribune.com/bias/bauer/ 

However, he says that disparity in sentencing is not due to racial biases but the difference in negotiation for each of his cases. However, the results of trials in Martin county show that his and Martin County's implicit biases play a huge role in the longer sentencing of black defendants there. The racial biases of Judge Bauer can be discovered in the data of the outcomes of his cases. The Herald, in the article above, put together some data that measures white and black defendants, with the same point score or criminal charges, then connected it to their average times in jail. The results show that "black people are sentenced two or three times longer than white defendants who committed the same crimes"( Herald).

There is a lot of factors that go into a sentencing, but racial bias played a large role in this case for Lloyd. This is a pattern in the judicial system in Martin County, Florida. The 26 year sentencing has resulted in Lloyd release date at 47 when he commited the crime at 21. While he misses out with time with his kids, Legleitner is free when his case involved drugs.

We need to fight for freedom for Lloyd because he's already done the amount of time a white person has. He should not do a time for 13 times longer because of the color of his skin.