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Why blacks should favor death penalty
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Death penalty opponents frequently argue that capital punishment
is racist, meted out disproportionately to blacks, especially blacks
who kill whites. If there is any city where that argument ought to
hold sway, it is Washington, D.C., an overwhelmingly black community
that is acutely sensitive to questions of racial justice. Indeed,
until recently, Washingtonians were solidly against the death
penalty. A 1992 ballot measure to establish capital punishment in
the district was crushed by...
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Va. Death Penalty Expansion Approved; Bills Likely to Go To Kaine, a Foe of Capital Punishment
The Washington Post
; The House of Delegates voted Friday to expand the use of the death penalty in Virginia by making accomplices and judge killers eligible for execution, virtually assuring that the measures will go to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who personally opposes capital punishment. The legislation to increase
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Capital Punishment: "It's Time To Abolish the Death Penalty"
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; Atkinson, Val Tennessee TRIBUNE, The 06-21-2000 Capital Punishment: "It's Time To Abolish The Death Penalty" Since capital punishment or the death penalty was reestablished by the Supreme Court in 1977, executions in America have been on a steady rise. Thirty-nine of our fifty states put people to
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The Washington Post
; The increase in drug and gun violence in the District has caused more talk about capital punishment, but few people really want to resurrect the death penalty, some civic, community and religious leaders said yesterday. "We need to resolve why kids are killing kids, and not threaten them with
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; YES When the United States was founded more than two centuries ago, prisons were a rarity. But capital punishment was commonplace in the 13 Colonies, as well as in England and across Europe. Today, almost two thirds of the world's countries, including virtually all of Europe, have abolished the
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The death penalty debate: the United States is one of the few industrialized nations that still uses capital punishment. Under increasing scrutiny by the courts, it continues to stir strong feelings on both sides.(Cover story)
New York Times Upfront
; BACKGROUND The U. S. is in the midst of a national. reconsideration of the death penalty, one expert says. Eight states have temporarily halted executions, and New Jersey is considering abolishing them altogether. Supporters say the death penalty is fitting for heinous crimes, white opponents
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Ryan speaks against death penalty; 'Barbaric': He says the country should be embarrassed by capital punishment
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; CHICAGO (AP) - Coming as close to saying that the penalty should be abolished as he ever has, former Gov. George Ryan said Monday the country "should be embarrassed by capital punishment." Speaking at a conference on violence at Chicago State University, Ryan called the death penalty "barbaric"
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