Josh Tucker, a 21-year-old African American man , has been arrested for distributing drugs. He claims that he was doing nothing wrong, just talking to a buddy of his who owed him some money. He lives in an inner-city area that has a high-crime rate and a large transient population. He lost his job three months ago and spends a lot of time hanging out on the street. This is not his first distribution arrest. He was detained when he was 16 for selling a small amount of marijuana. At the time, he was fined and given a stern lecture by the juvenile court judge. He has not been in trouble since that time. You are the prosecutor in the Tucker case. The defense has argued that his race and gender are the reasons Mr. Tucker was arrested. You do not believe that either race or gender play an important role in this case. How will you convince the judge to look at the facts of the case, regardless of the offender's gender and race? In your opening argument, you remind the judge that the city has made a commitment to clean up the streets and make the inner-city areas safe. Every drug distribution arrest moves the city one step closer to its goal. Based on the circumstances of his arrest, it stands to reason that Mr. Tucker is a low-level dealer. You further argue that there is absolutely no evidence of racial profiling, reinforcement of stereotypes, or institutional bias, and that the defense wants to focus on matters that have no impact on this case as a diversionary tactic. In your