Racial Disparities and the Death Penalty
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North Carolina Judge Finds Racial Bias in Death Penalty in Landmark Case
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桃子视频and Partners Challenge Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas
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Court CaseChallenging Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas
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鈥淚f society were indeed forced to choose between a racially discriminatory death penalty (one that provides heightened protection against murder 鈥榝or whites only鈥�) and no death penalty at all, the choice mandated by the Constitution would be plain.鈥�
鈥擴.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting opinion in McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
鈥淚f society were indeed forced to choose between a racially discriminatory death penalty (one that provides heightened protection against murder 鈥榝or whites only鈥�) and no death penalty at all, the choice mandated by the Constitution would be plain.鈥�
鈥擴.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting opinion in McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)