Across California “there has been no finding by any judge of disparate sentencing” as outlined by the law, according to Michael S. Romano, director of the Stanford Law project.

“Given how broad the disparities are, I think it’s quite alarming and I think the courts will agree,” Romano told The Times. “We’re asking for our clients to be resentenced, essentially to the sentence white people received for the same crime and circumstances.”

The ultimate goal of the joint Stanford Law and NAACP Legal Defense Fund effort, according to Romano, is “not only to do justice by our own clients but to pave the way for other people to raise similar claims in the future.”