The Death Penalty Debate: ARE WE KILLING INNOCENT BLACK MEN? From: Ebony | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: Whitaker, Charles | COPYRIGHT 1999 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Advocates against the death penalty maintain that African American males are more like to be sentenced to death than other racial groups. The reason may be that few judges are African American and juries in capital cases are almost always White. Apparently race plays a significant part in who receives the death penalty.

The recent release of several wrongfully convicted death row inmates reignites the controversy over capital punishment

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