Poll: Almost half of millennials don't think the U.S. justice system is fair

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A new survey from Harvard University's Institute of Politics found that 49 percent of millennials ages 18 to 29 aren't confident the U.S. judicial system will "fairly judge people without bias for race and ethnicity."

Thirty-five percent of poll respondents said they had "not much" faith in the justice system's fairness, while 14 percent had no confidence in the system. On the other side, 40 percent of respondents said they had "some" confidence in the justice system, but only nine percent had "a lot" of confidence.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.