Cultural Diversity: Racial Disparity in the Application of the Death Penalty

The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil, surpassed only by those condemned to the wages of this irrefutable sin. Minorities such as African-Americans and Hispanics, aggregate this continuous barrage of discrimination. Follow along, and rediscover capital punishment from a black writer's point of view. Blacks are more likely to face the death penalty than whites in the commission of identical crimes. Governmental murders are alive and well in the …

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