Posted by Dave on 09/22/05 at 06:56:29 pm
Categories: Capital Punishment

Guess what?! A new study has found that "Bias in death penalty is rampant":

The murder of a white person, especially in nonurban counties, is far more likely to result in a California death sentence than urban crimes against minorities, according to a new study.

Death penalty opponents say this new evidence that race and geography dictate how the state metes out capital punishment proves the system is skewed and must be halted at least until it is fixed.

Come on...is anyone really surprised about this? We have known this for years.

White person kills a black person? Less jail.
Black person kills a black person? More jail.
White person kills a white person? Even more jail, possibly death.
Black person kills a white person? Death.

No big surprises here.

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