Topic

Racial bias in death penalty application

2 mentions in 1 episode

The pattern of racial disparities in who receives the death penalty, with race and ethnicity influencing sentencing decisions.

Mentions

Should Capital Punishment Be Put to Death?

  • 13:54

    The process is arbitrary, as race and ethnicity often play into the application of capital punishment

  • 32:19

    mostly black men being lynched. But there was people standing around in the crowds is like smiling