Murderers who kill whites more likely to be condemned

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Sep. 21, 2005

Murderers who kill whites more likely to be condemned

DAVID KRAVETS
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - More condemned men and women are on California's death row for killing whites than for murdering people of any other race, despite there being more black and Hispanic murder victims, according to a new study.

The study, to be published in the Santa Clara Law Review, for the first time takes a detailed accounting of the races of California homicide victims killed in the 1990s. It concludes that suspects who murder whites are almost four times more likely to be sentenced to death than those who kill Hispanics. Also, perpetrators who kill whites are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than those who kill blacks.

"To put it bluntly, there's apparently different values being placed on victims from different racial and ethnic groups," Northeastern University criminal justice professor Glenn Pierce, a co-author of the study, said in an interview. "That's what the pattern would suggest."
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Instead, the study, co-authored by Michael Radelet, a University of Colorado sociology professor, concluded the victim's race was paramount in determining whether a defendant would get a death sentence.

Pierce said his conclusions mirrored studies in other states.
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[ladylibertee]

1. that should be shocking.Unfortunately, it's not.But no worries beca-

use we now have Roberts here to help us blacks and us ladies.:sarcasm: :puke:

[Tomee450]

2. This has been known for decades.

This study, like countless others, will be ignored. Nothing will change.

[fshrink]

4. Yes. Gordon Allport studies for example (early 50s). nt

[ladylibertee]

3. America The Ugly

[Coventina]

5. It was this issue that made me realize how wrong the DP is.

I now oppose the DP on a variety of principles, but it was this issue that made me start giving it close scrutiny.

ANYONE with a good conscience should conclude that there should be an ABSOLUTE moratorium on the DP until we deal with this on a national level.

But it won't happen. Because we value "some" lives more than others.

:puke:

[buzzsaw_23]

6. This speaks alot

as to what manner of human is of value and what manner of human is disposable.




The government paid no attention to the people of New Orleans when all they were doing was dying, because the government could care less about a few thousand lower class black people.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

7. Color me surprised

NOT!

:nuke: