CRJ 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Harry Blackmun, Intellectual Disability, Ethnic Stereotype

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The color of death: race and the death penalty. Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. Stated death penalty was arbitrary & racially discriminatory; he would oppose future death sentences. Justice blackmun was a conservative jurist who was appointed by. Many scholars and policymakers have questioned death penalty application. Death penalty supporters asser it is applied fairly & checks exist. U. s. supreme court has never ruled the death penalty is cruel and unusual . Cases like furman v. georgia have had serious impact on handling of capital punishment. Furman, 26 year old african american male broke into someone"s home when he was confronted by the homeowner. He attempted to escape, dropping his gun in the process, the gun went off killing the homeowner.

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