Death Penalty

Death Penalty: What Does Race Have to Do with the Death Penalty in Texas?
Is justice being served in the state of Texas, which has executed more inmates than any other state?
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1. What five things should everyone know about the statistics that describe the state of the death penalty in Texas?
2. What evidence supports or negates the proposition that the death penalty is fairly applied in the criminal justice system in Texas?
3. What does it mean to be a “death-qualified juror”? What is the impact of this qualification on the juries that decide cases where defendants are accused of capital crimes? Is the impact attributable to implicit bias?
4. What steps should Texas take to eliminate discrimination from its criminal justice system?

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