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Will The Racists Please Stand Up?

Loaded on March 15, 1991 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News March, 1991, page 10
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Federal Legislation. Location: United States of America.
By Paul Wright

The 101st Congress has passed the Racial Justice Act (RJA). What the RJA does is prohibit racism in the application of the death penalty. As currently applied a disproportionate number of the men and women on death row across the U.S. are Black, Hispanic or Na¬tive Americans. ...

 

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