Article: Ten anti-death penalty fallacies: the case against capital punishment relies on myth, misinformation, and misplaced emotionalism. (Crime and Punishment).

Article: EVEN `GOOD' DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM IS BAD ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... one, the state's death penalty system shares most of the ... more likely to seek the death penalty when the victim is white. People of color are underrepresented ... for declining to seek the death penalty. Ongoing research by Assemblyman ...

Article: Why blacks should favor death penalty
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... raised against the death penalty, the racial justice ... Walking" and an anti-death penalty crusader: "Middle ... upper-middle-class white people," she told an interviewer ... are so much for the death penalty" because they want ...

Article: In D.C., a change of heart on the death penalty
The Boston Globe;  May 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... raised against the death penalty, the racial justice ... Walking" and an anti-death penalty crusader: "Middle ... upper-middle-class white people," she told an interviewer ... are so much for the death penalty" because they want ...

Article: RACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY
The Boston Globe;  April 19, 1990 ;     502 words ...In imposing the death penalty, the race of the victim ... The argument that the death penalty is unfairly and excessively imposed when white people are murdered -- particularly ... 200 studies related to death penalty sentencing, factors ...

Article: Death Penalty Favored in D.C.; Poll Shows Strong ...
The Washington Post;  May 8, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... who back the death penalty for police killers ... more likely than white people to favor the death penalty for other crimes ... survey results among white people indicated that 43 percent backed the death penalty and 48 percent ...

Article: Sniper suspect's team fears unfair jury; Attorneys assail ...
The Washington Times;  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... constitutionality of the death penalty, saying it should ... they said. "The death penalty disproportionately ... convicted of killing white people," they wrote. Statistics ... that authorize the death penalty, Virginia ranks second ...

Article: Sister Helen Prejean's mission is changing minds about ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... you say about limiting the death penalty for certain categories ... of my child deserves the death penalty too?'' The truth is ... Overwhelmingly it's when white people are killed that the death penalty is given, not when the ...