1. Capital Punishment: The Abolit
"It is imposed disproportionately upon those whose victims are white, offenders are people of color, and on those who are poor and uneducated." ... "Of the 682 defendants facing capital charges in federal cases since 1996, blacks, Latinos and other people of color made up 8 percent of the total. Over the past five years, 48 % of those people whose cases were submitted to the Justice Department for review were African American, 29 % Latino and 20 % white. Of the 19 people currently sentenced to death under federal law, 15 are people of color. ... "DNA evidence has made it clear that too ofte...
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