America has higher murder rates with the death penalty, than any of the European countries without the death penalty. These statistics prove that capital punishment has the opposite effect of its original intentions which is why it should be abolished. ... African Americans and Caucasians are killed in primarily equal numbers but murderers of whites are more likely to be put to death than murderers of any other race. " In the 20th century, nearly 75% of those executed for childhood offences were African Americans. Since 1976, 60% of those sentenced to death for childhoo...

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So, then, how does one justify the fact that African Americans represent 36% of the death row population compared to 12% of the overall population? ... Statistics assuredly portray the inequality of race in relations to executions; both past and present. ... Sister Prejean points out in her book numerous times the lack of knowledge in regards to death penalty statistics and the American people. ... Capital cases have a high correlation towards poverty, and the census data provides insight to the fact that the African American population in the US offers a greater chance of poverty; nearly d...

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In the year 2000, 66% of Americans supported the death penalty ("History" 7). ... Safety for all prison employees, other prisoners and the population outside of the institutions is of paramount importance. ... Do we let him play cards in general population for the rest of his sentence? ... In the year 2001, 1,969 death row inmates were white, 1,538 were black, 28 were American Indian, 33 were Asian and 13 were of unknown race ("Justice Statistics"). ... Sixty-nine of the seventy-one were men and two were women (Justice Statistics.) ...

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The startling statistics behind the death penalty and death row inmates is a large factor in their argument. ... It will not only focus on the statistics amongst the races but also will discuss the average age, social status, and educational achievement of the people sentenced to die, the difference in the crimes that got them sentenced, and the small amount of women who have been faced with this court decision. ... According to www.coadp.org, an African American is four times more likely to be sentenced to die than a white man. ... The race of the defendants executed since 1973, the race of...

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Many feel it is unjust, for three main reasons: it often punishes innocent people, convicts are often subjected to prejudice, and statistics show that the abolishment of the death penalty lowers the crime rate. ... In America's history, in the over 18,000 convictions of capital punishment, only thirty-seven were of a white person being punished for the murder of an African-American. Also, despite the fact that African-Americans constitute only 12% of the national population ("Five"), they comprise 43.1 percent of the prisoners on death row ("Death"). In fact, a comprehensive study in Ge...

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The death penalty is immoral, unjust, and is not beneficial to America. Capital punishment has been in America since the country was first being established. The first execution in America took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. ... In 2012, statistics showed that on average, a prisoner destined for death waits approximately 16 years before actually receiving their execution date. ... A punishment that is focused primarily on the minority population in not "just". ...

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According to The Bureau of Justice statistics and history on the death penalty, in 1967 the Supreme Court ceased all executions until a ruling could be made on the constitutionality of capital punishment, in particular whether it could be considered cruel and unusual punishment, thus violating the constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment did not violate the constitution and in 1976 America saw the reinstatement of the death penalty. ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) addresses the issue on their website with the following statement. ... Although the debate wa...

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Blacks comprise 12 percent of the U.S. population but 41 percent of those on death row and 35 percent of those executed between 1977-2001 were Black, according to the Justice Department Bureau of Justice statistics. ... It means that this is almost the year 2004, and you would think we were in the 1800's with those kinds of statistics. ... Although the statistics show minorities are most likely to be sentenced to death, anyone can get it. ... Local governments often bear the "brunt of capital punishment costs and are particularly burdened, meanwhile the death penalty is reaching a crit...

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There have been studies done that include statistics on how and why capital punishment is considered racially and socioeconomically bias. ... For example, "Thirty-four percent of those executed in America since 1974 have been black, while African Americans represent only 13% of the general population" (Mears, 2008). ... Because most of the overall population are underneath the poverty line, police along with society seem to believe that that's where the most crimes occur. ... This seems to initiate that in most cases the targets of race are African American and Hispanics/Latinos...

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Thomas Graunger, the first juvenile known to be executed in America, was tried and found guilty of bestiality in 1642 in Plymouth Colony, MA. ... There are currently 83 death row inmates (all male) sentenced as juveniles constituting about 2.25% of the total death row population. ... The development of sentencing and program options for juvenile capital offenders is difficult in light of the lack of knowledge about this small population. ...

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This scenario that happened in Illinois really changes the way that America thinks about capital punishment. ... One can also look to other countries to find statistics that back up the argument that the death penalty has no effect on capital crimes being committed or not. ... One of the main foundations the American justice system is built on is fairness. ... "Of the 3,856 prisoners executed under civil authority in the United States during 1930-1965, 53.6 percent were blacks, yet during that time period, they accounted for less than 12 percent of the population. ...

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The nation's death-row population now numbers more than 3, 335 inmates. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, has again become a basic fact of American criminal justice. ... 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. ... "The entire criminal-justice system is rife with racism, and this is nowhere more evident than in the administration of the death penalty," said Diann Rust-Tierney, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Capital Punishment Project. ...

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To that section of the population nothing will hold deterrent value. ... Actual statistics about the deterrent value of capital punishment are not available because it is impossible to know who may have been deterred from a committing a crime. ...

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The death penalty is promoted in probably the two most important literary writings that America has ever had or revered; The Constitution and the Bible. ... We as a nation need to implement the death penalty to stop the reoccurring murders and deter the population from continuing to murder. ... The statistics show clearly the positive effects that the death penalty brings to the community by lowering the murders committed. ... Another good comparison comes when we compare Los Angeles and Singapore whose populations are similar. ...

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These statistics clearly show that other forms of punishment are successful in the deterrence of crime and capital punishment is not needed. ... Note that the population greatly increased throughout this time period. ...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. Punishments vary based on the seriousness of the offense; robbery can result to months in prison and murder can lead to the death of the convicted man. Many Americans share the same attitu...

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