by Ben Wong

Created on: April 05, 2009

s justice equal to all? That is the problem regarding race and the death penalty. My solution is yes. However, it can be a great understanding better. A jury of twelve taxpayers providing be going to fry, gas or inject minority as well as Suzie Homemaker. That same jury should be ready to put down a 16 year-old juvenile who kills a dozen in a astronomical class as decently as a millionaire banker who hires a hit man to murder an estranged wife.

The death penalty is clouded in on social and economic stereotypes. Is it straightforward to kill someone if there black, Latino, Middle-Eastern and poor? Is it simpler to kill a past customer surrounded by a religion hostile to our culture? Does 9/11 submit American courts a motive to kill families not born in now country? A realist can say yes. Black offenders are ten times supplementary impending to be sentenced to Death Row as opposed to grey offenders. Latino offenders are three to uni times more impending to be sentenced to Death Row as opposed to grey offenders. Both of such slanted percentages exist, even though murders related to meth use are at epidemic stages. Meth dealers and their users are mostly white.

The death penalty is regulated by regions. In Southern states, black inmates heavily populate Death Row in their prisons. Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas are legendary to relish executing blacks and Latinos. With during 350 executions, Texas is greatest the nation in capital punishment statistics.

The death penalty is judged by crimes committed by a race toward a different race. By the percentages, grey offenders are ten times likely NOT to be executed for murder as judged against to black offenders. White offenders are far less probably to see Death Row for murdering blacks and Latinos. However, brown and Latinos are ten times a happy amount of likely to be done for murdering whites.

As long as this type of inaccuracies exist, the death penalty is planning to be debated. There are crimes that deserve nothing but capital punishment. Nevertheless, a person's race, background or wallet shouldn't condemn them or save them of the ultimate sentence. An aggravated murder is an aggravated murder. A mass murderer is a mass murderer. A serial killer is a serial killer. It shouldn't question if their family's rich or they're rich. It shouldn't measure if they're dirty, homeless or poor. If properties committed a grave crime, they should see such a selection to die for that crime.

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