[Jacqueline-C21034]

Many people, including myself, consider the death penalty to be racially biased not because of the number or percentage of blacks on death row, but because of the way death sentences are handed out. A person of color is more likely to be sentenced to death when conviced of the same crime than a white person. If a person of color commits a capital crime against a white person, the likelihood of that person receiving a death sentence is even higher. Whereas if a white person commits the same crime against a person of color, that person is even less likely to be sentenced to the death penalty than if the crime was committed against another white person. Add to this that a person of color is more likely to be wrongly conviced of a crime than a white person and you have a tremendous disparity in the way justice is carried out. Yesterday CNN aired an interview with a representative of the Bar Association who sited a study by the Bar Association that proves these disparities and calls for at least a temporary suspension of the death penalty until these issues can be resolved. This is not about being soft on criminals, it is about applying justice fairly.

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Name : Jacqueline-C21034, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 26, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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