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Originally Posted by BoyCanada  The death penalty in the US has always been applied to blacks more often than whites when compared to the prison populations.
Juries are human and as such prone to make mistakes. There is no reason to accept capital punishment as anything other than revenge killing. |
And how did you figure this gem?????
Almost 60% of all death penalty exectutions since 1976 have been white where whites only make up about 6% of prison populations. Where as blacks make up 65% of all prisoners, blacks account for only 34% of all executions.
Juries may be prone to mistakes, however, this claim that we may execute an innocent person is just another holy grail. Opponents of a death penalty would ensure that the world knew the name of any innocent person put to death.
So much in this story about witnesses recanting testimony, coercion by police, and then in almost a quick hindsight, they mention how Davis was also convicted of killing a second person that night. Now, the reason he got the death penalty was because he killed a cop and in many state that qualifies as a special circumstance. I am interested in learning more about the second person Davis killed.
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
-Russell Kirk- |