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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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 858
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate