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Is death penalty racist towards minority’s?
The death penalty, according to Webster’s Dictionary, “a sentence of punishment by execution” (web). ... This alone tells us that true purpose of the death penalty/capital punishment. ... In spite of what the definition may say in today’s society the death penalty is deemed racial. ... show that yes the death penalty is racist toward minorities. ... Georgia case abolished the death penalty for four years on the grounds that capital punishment was rife with racial disparities. ... S. population, but are 40 percent of prisoners on death row. Although Blacks constitute 50 percent of all murder victims, 85 percent of the victims in death penalty cases are white. Since 1976 only four executions involved a white defendant who had killed a Black victim (web, death penalty). ... 3 times more likely to receive a death sentence than killers of Blacks. ...
Just to show a perfect example of the racist behind the penalty, look at Chris Burger. ... However, by the time all this was known Burger had already been executed (Death Penalty Info. ... The minorities are not kept on death row as long as the majority for the simple fact of the matter is excuses are being made. ... The two crimes that have justified the death sentence are murder and rape. ...
African Americans are not the only minority stalked by the death penalty. ... are on the minority’s payroll as well. According to an article on the Internet by Sister Helen Prejean, "Eighty-five percent of people who go to Death Row are there because theyve killed white people,"(web, Deadman).
Approximate Word count = 1307
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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