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A second study by Professor Jeffrey Pokorak and researchers at St. Mary's University Law School in Texas provides part of the explanation for why the application of the death penalty remains racially skewed. Their study found that the key decision makers in death cases around the country are almost exclusively white men.
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www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=539
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=539
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Race and the Death Penalty. Supporters and opponents of the death penalty agree that its application is racially discriminatory. ...
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www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/aclu_dp_factsheet4.pdf
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2.) The Death Penalty is Racially Discriminatory ... In 82% of the studies done on the death penalty, race was found to be an influencing factor in the likelihood of receiving the death penalty. ... 84% of victims in death penalty cases are white, although only 50% of murder victims are white...
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www.msu.edu/~millettf/DeathPenalty/2.html
www.msu.edu/~millettf/DeathPenalty/2.html
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2.) The Death Penalty is Racially Discriminatory ... 5.) The Death Penalty is "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" ... Florida has spent around $57 million on the death penalty for just 18 executions. This averages to about $3.2 million per execution.
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www.msu.edu/~millettf/DeathPenalty/6.html
www.msu.edu/~millettf/DeathPenalty/6.html
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Find information about all aspects of the death penalty including death penalty costs, death penalty statistics and arguments against the death penalty. You can also find information about executions by year, state, method. ... Death Penalty Trends...
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www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/pa...
www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/page.do?id=1101088
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Information about race and the death penalty from Amnesty International. Learn more about the death penalty and racial prejudice. ... A January 2003 study released by the University of Maryland concluded that race and geography are major factors in death penalty decisions.
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www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/de...
www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-and-race/page.do?id=1101091
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DEATH PENALTY AND SENTENCING INFORMATION; In the United States 10/1/97; By Dudley Sharp, Death Penalty Resources Director, Justice For All; The death penalty debate in the U.S. is dominated by the fraudulent voice of the anti-death penalty movement.
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www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html
www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html
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Death Penalty is a Deterrent ... Death penalty opponents who twist the truth to protect killers are also torturing victims' families.; PETER BRONSON, Cincinnati Enquirer, February 3, 2003 ... Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty...
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www.prodeathpenalty.com/articles.htm
www.prodeathpenalty.com/articles.htm
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As a result, to avoid troubling moral and legal problems, the state should impose a moratorium on the death penalty, at least until legislators and others can examine it further and figure out how to carry it out fairly -- if that's possible, opponents of the ... University study finds death penalty racially unfair...
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gazette.unc.edu/archives/01apr25/file.24.html
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