Studies
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Apr 16, 2001
Race and the Death Penalty in North Carolina
Principal Investigator Dr. Isaac Unah Principal Collaborator Prof. Jack Boger Presented by The Common Sense Foundation North Carolina Council of Churches April 16, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Fact Sheet North Carolina Homicide Statutes North Carolina Death Sentencing System Table One — Race of Victim Summary of Findings 1993 – 1997 Table Two — Chart of Victim/Defendant Race Combinations 1993 – 1997 History and Context of Study Methodology Appendix Data Collection Instrument Table Three…
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Dec 31, 2000
A State of Denial: Texas Justice and the Death Penalty
The nation is embroiled in a debate over the death penalty. Each day brings fresh accounts of racial bias, incompetent counsel, and misconduct committed by police officers or prosecutors in capital cases. The public increasingly questions whether the ultimate penalty can be administered fairly — free from the taint of racism; free from the disgrace of counsel sleeping through a client’s trial; free from the risk of executing an innocent person. Support for the death penalty is falling, and…
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