I don't understand how your response answered the question that you cut and pasted.
When you refer to "this study" are you referring to the study in this article, or the study regarding the comparison of sentences between whites and other minorities?
"But if this study was accurate (and the authors had no hidden agenda), then there is a lack of fairness in our courts in this situation."
Why is this conditional upon the authors having no hidden agenda?
The study I was referring to was the one done several years back comparing the sentencing of minorities compared to whites. You had indicated that more minorities are in jail because they commit more crimes, and I was attempting to make the point that if the sentencing was done fairly, and not along racial lines), fewer minorities would be in prison (or more whites would be) -- Sorry that I didn't make myself clear (and reading this, it still is a bit muddled).
As for the authors possibly having an agenda, I was referring to the prior study. We all know how statistics can be slanted. In fact, 76.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot (lol).