One way the death penalty hurts society is racism. The death penalty is supposed to be reserved for the worst of the worst. In reality the way I see it the death penalty is reserved for racial minorities such as myself. Consider the fact that 55 percent of death row inmates are people of color, 43 percent are African American (Hawkins 2002).

If the death penalty is not racist then why didn’t Charles Manson or Ted Kaczynski get the death penalty. Those two committed some sick crimes yet they are still alive. I have a petty good idea as to why they didn’t get the death penalty, it’s because they are both white males. If that a person with color committed the same crimes as Charles Manson I bet my life they would ha

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