Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware Echoes Reverend Al Sharpton’s Calls for the Appointment of Diverse Judges in His Letter to President-elect Joe Biden

Sharpton’s letter cites lagging diversity throughout legal system and exposes Biden’s home state of Delaware for its deficiency in equity

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware (CPBD) highlighted Rev. Al Sharpton’s letter to President-elect Joe Biden through a print ad in the Delaware News Journal on Sunday in the lead-up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The legendary civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton wrote a letter to President-elect Joe Biden calling for him to usher in a new era of diversity and equity within the United States judicial system, and leave behind the old guard of judges like former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo Strine Jr. and outgoing Chancery Court Chancellor Andre Bouchard as he appoints new federal judges.

In his letter, Sharpton advocates for increased diversity within the federal judiciary, citing statistics on the lack of federal judges representing underrepresented groups, most notably people of color. He also challenges President-elect Biden to reduce racial disparity in the criminal justice system by addressing the disproportionate numbers of incarcerated African Americans.

Read the full letter and more here.