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Originally posted by librasoul22
Actually studies have shown that the death penalty does NOT increase deterrence.
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cite. (you're welcome)
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and moreover . . .
The death penalty is not only differentially applied (which is MY major issue) . . . *trimmed*
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I figured I would head off the firestorm this was invariably going to cause:
% of Executed who were black:
57% (executed)
% of Death Row Inmates who are black:
43% (same cite as above)
% of all (single-offender) violent crimes committed by blacks:
24.1% (requires Acrobat Reader)
(statistics for year 2000)
% of US population reported as "African-American":
12.9%
(year 2000 census)
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OK - so there's still some comparative flaws in this breakdown, but you can start to see a disparity forming . . .
And that's w/out even including my opinion in the matter - these are just the cold, hard numbers.