Race & The Death Penalty
A new study, to be published by the Santa Clara Law Review, has found racial imbalances on California's death row.
More California inmates are sent to death row for killing whites than for any other race, dispite the fact that more African-Americans and Hispanics are killed. According to the Associated Press, the study "concluded suspects who murdered whites were almost four times more likely to be sentenced to death than those who killed Hispanics, and three times more likely to be sentenced to death than those who killed blacks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_re_us/california_death_penalty
This study leads to one conclusion: more value is placed on the lives of White Californians, than their African-American or Hispanic counterparts.
The Governor of California would do well to place a moratorium on the death penalty, in order to take time to study the issue to ensure that it's by justice, and justice alone, that someone is given the ultimate penalty.
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