Cultural Diversity: Racial Disparity in the Application of the Death Penalty

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The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil, surpassed only by those condemned to the wages of this irrefutable sin. Minorities such as African-Americans and Hispanics, aggregate this continuous barrage of discrimination. Follow along, and rediscover capital punishment from a black writer's point of view. Blacks are more likely to face the death penalty than whites in the commission of identical crimes. Governmental murders are alive and well in the …

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