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title: 'Articles: Arbitrariness and Race'
description: 'Linda Greenhouse, “Selective Empathy,” The New York Times, December 3, 2009; Porter v. McCollum, No. 08-10537 (U.S. Nov. 30, 2009) (per curiam); Bobby v.'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/articles-arbitrariness-and-race'
section: stories
date: '2009-11-30T00:00:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:58:09-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

- Linda Greenhouse, "[**Selective Empathy**](https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/selective-empathy/)," The New York Times, December 3, 2009; Porter v. McCollum, No. 08-10537 (U.S. Nov. 30, 2009) (per curiam); Bobby v. Van Hook, No. 09-144 (U.S. Nov. 9, 2009 (per curiam)
- Andrew Cohen, "**[Not the end of the affair](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/not-the-end-of-the-affair/)**," CBS News, May 3, 2009
- Bob Herbert, "**[Who Gets the Death Penalty?](https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/opinion/who-gets-the-death-penalty.html)**,**"** New York Times, May 13, 2002.
- Taylor Bright and Jeb Phillips, "**[Execution of Justice](https://patrickcrusade.org/execution_3_5.htm)**," Birmingham Post-Herald, December 14-18, 2001.
- Raymond Bonner and Ford Fessenden, "[**ABSENCE OF EXECUTIONS: A Special Report. States With No Death Penalty Share Lower Homicide Rates**](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/22/us/absence-executions-special-report-states-with-no-death-penalty-share-lower.html)," New York Times, September 22, 2000.
- "[Deadly Disparities,](/stories/deadly-disparities)" The New York Times, September 17, 2000 (editorial).
- Raymond Bonner and Marc Lacey, "**[Reno Troubled by Death Penalty Statistics](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/us/reno-troubled-by-death-penalty-statistics.html)**," New York Times, September 13, 2000.
- Raymond Bonner and Marc Lacey, "**[Pervasive Disparities Found in the Federal Death Penalty](http://www.crimelynx.com/disparfed.html)**," New York Times, September 12, 2000.