One of the most powerful stats I've seen about the death penalty was on a web page I read about a week ago. I put the same stat in my last post, the one about 17 white people being killed for the murder of blacks. And, 255 black people have been killed for the murder of whites. Now, when anyone tries telling me that race isn't a factor, I just send them the URL of that page. A few days ago, my friend and I got in an argument talking about how race effects the death penalty. He didn't believe it effected it at all, while I differed. He tried telling me that the reason for that stat is that there are more white people. Umm...hello? I'm not trying to be mean here or anything but that helps my argument. My teacher also posed the question, why is it that people of color or lower income people are more often sentenced to death? Unfortunately, people of color and low income people are often connected. One of the biggest reasons for this is that people with less money can't afford to have high level attorneys. And, for the one's that do, the attorneys often threaten them by saying if they aren't paid in full, they'll stop working.
The reason why many people are still for the death penalty, is because they are non educated. I guarantee you, that if everyone in the U.S went through the same research I have in my class, the death penalty would be no longer legal in any state. If you don't believe me, refer to the URL address on my last blog post and read the descriptions. It's unbelievable how creul it really is.
Overall, capital punishment is cruel, untrustworthy, and discriminatory. My mind has been altered to be anti-death penatly. Period.
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