It has been used in various crimes ranging from rape to the more recent crimes of terrorism and mass murders. ... Only thirty-one out of the more than fifteen thousand recorded executions in the United States have been of Caucasian defendants convicted of killing African American victims, while African American defendants convicted of raping Caucasian women were commonly sentenced to death (Death Penalty Focus). ...

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