It is always in trend in society and even in law system.it is often observed that blacks were executes by law more than whites. Black executes for different crimes Carol S. ... Steikerff in their article, The American Death Penalty and the (In) Visibility of Race mentions that Not only did the number of blacks executed surpass the number of whites executed during the eighteenth century (a trend that continued until the Civil War), but blacks were often executed for different crimes . Whereas the vast majority of whites sentenced to death were executed for murder, ...

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The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they struggle to grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. ... The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... It is scary to think that this is just a minute representation of the inner city black youth that is faced with situations daily. ...

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The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they struggle to grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. ... The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... It is scary to think that this is just a minute representation of the inner city black youth that is faced with situations daily. ...

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In the two-year period from January 1995 to December 1997, 70% of the drivers stopped and searched by the police were black, while only 17.5% of overall drivers " as well as overall speeders " were black.6 To look at similar case in Volusia County , Florida, in 1992, nearly 70% of those stopped on a particular Interstate highway in central Florida were black or Hispanic, although only 5% of the drivers on that highway were black or Hispanic. ... The car filled with young black men was stopped by the police several times; the white group was not stopped once, despite observing polic...

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Some people say that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. ... When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... Black and white people are the victims of violent crime, 82 % of people executed since 1977 have been convicted of killing white victims. ...

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On 27th February 2012, T.J Lane who was a seventeen year old school boy walked with a .22 caliber pistol in his bag to his school, Chardon High School situated outside Cleveland. ... Handguns are readily found in the black markets, and hence criminals will forever poses guns even with strict gun control measures. ... After effecting gun control measures, the police should undertake crackdowns by searching suspected people and eliminating the possession of guns from the black markets. The black markets should also be investigated and eliminated from the society in order to shut down the source ...

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Some statistics indicate that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. ... When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... Black and white people are the victims of violent crime, 82 % of people executed since 1977 have been convicted of killing white victims. ... Of this number, only one white mad was executed for killing a black man. ...

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Most are black and Latin and the rest are white. ... The boy was executed for beastiality, or having sex with animals when he was 17 years old (Beiser 2). ... When it came time for the sentencing, the judge "acknowledged that the boy's youth was a substantial mitigating factor but refused, as a matter of law, to consider Monty's disturbed family life and emotional problems as substantial evidence" (Ewing 152). ...

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