The legislation seeks to 'ensure that the use of an accused person's creative expression will not be used to introduce stereotypes or activate bias against the defendant, nor as character or propensity evidence.'
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Referencing the lyrics of hip-hop artists in criminal charges is not new and is a practice that has drawn criticism from both freedom-of-speech advocates and the musicians themselves, who argue that lyrics -- often with no factual connection to a case -- are not a true reflection of reality or the artists' state of mind and serve to prejudice a jury against a defendant.
The Restoring Artistic Protection Act -- the RAP Act -- which was co-sponsored by Reps. Hank Johnson and Jamaal Bowman , seeks to amend the federal rules of evidence "to limit the admissibility of...a defendant's creative or artistic expression" in a criminal proceeding, according to the text of the bill.
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