What is the current state of the law when it comes to discrimination?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barnwell, 143 Misc.2d 922, 541 N.Y.S.2d 664 (N.Y. City Ct. 1989):
Absent any consciously illegal discrimination, selectivity in enforcement or unequal application of the law is not in itself unconstitutional. Oyler v. Boyles, 368 U.S. 448, 82 S.Ct. 501, 7 L.Ed.2d 446 (1962); People v. Goodman, 31 N.Y.2d 262, 338 N.Y.S.2d 97, 290 N.E.2d 139 (1972).
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